Reducing mental health stigma among people from Afghanistan
With support from the Embrace Project and Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service (STTARS) in Adelaide, people from Afghanistan have developed 2 videos about addressing mental health stigma in Dari and Pashto with English subtitles.
The videos, which feature community members, religious scholars, and mental health professionals, aim to normalise mental health discussions and reduce stigma by providing culturally relevant information.
These videos are freely available on the Embrace Project’s Youtube channel and can be useful in aiding mental health discussions with patients who speak Dari or Pashto.
Watch the video in Pashto:
Watch the video in Dari:
Support for your practice from our Multicultural Health team
Brisbane South PHN provides dedicated support to the local primary health care sector through our Multicultural Health team. Our team works closely with primary care providers, offering resources and free training, referral pathways to health services, and more.
Dr Margaret Kay, a local GP and our Multicultural Health Clinical Lead, has been advocating for culturally responsive care for over 30 years. She has extensive experience in working with patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and with those from refugee backgrounds in particular.
Dr Kay can support practices in providing culturally responsive care and becoming ‘refugee health ready’. To request free in-clinic training with Dr Kay, contact multicultural@bsphn.org.au.
For more information on how we support primary health care providers, visit our Multicultural Health page or email multicultural@bsphn.org.au.