Events

Event details are accurate at the time of listing, however with the evolving COVID-19 situation event details may change. Please check with event organisers for latest information. 

2021

October - Mental Health Month!

Mental Health Month
Events throughout October

Keeping Well During Difficult Times: A wellbeing webinar for the Australian Afghan Community
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
6 October 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Online via MS Teams

Carers NSW Conference 2021: the Secret Life of Carers
7 October 2021
Online

Indigenous Wellbeing Conference
7 - 8 October 2021
Pullmann Cairns International, Cairns QLD

National Carers Week
10 - 16 October 2021

Keeping well during the Pandemic for multicultural communities
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
11 October 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Online via MS Teams

Consumer & Carer Lived Experience Forums – TheMHS Melbourne Conference 2021
12 October 2021
Location to be confirmed

Keeping well during the Pandemic in Italian
Transcultural Mental Health Centre 
12 October 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Online via MS Teams

Keeping well during the Pandemic in Greek
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
13 October 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Online via MS Teams

Mental Health Matters Awards 2021
WayAhead
13 October 2021,  3:00pm
Online via Facebook Live

Keeping well during the Pandemic in Spanish
Transcultural Mental Health Centre 
14 October 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Online via MS Teams

Keeping well during the Pandemic in Vietnamese
Transcultural Mental Health Centre 
15 October 2021, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Online via MS Teams

Hope into Action: The Mental Health Services Melbourne Conference
12 - 15 October 2021
Melbourne, VIC

Power to the People Conference 2021: “Diversity and Inclusion – Cultivating and Celebrating Our Diverse Communities”
14 - 15 October 2021
Bankstown Sport Club,
8 Greenfield Pde,
Bankstown, NSW

Trauma Informed Interviewing
STARTTS
15 October 2021, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Virtual workshop

Preventing Suicide - A Hopeful, Recovery-Oriented Approach
PHN Hunter New England and Central Coast
16 October 2021, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online

Keeping well during the Pandemic for the Yazidi Community
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
18 October 2021, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Online via MS Teams

Keeping well during the Pandemic in Tibetan
Transcultural Mental Health Centre 
19 October 2021, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Online via MS Teams

Keeping well during the Pandemic Swahili
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
20 October 2021, 10:00 am – 11:30 am 
Online via MS Teams

Youth Health Forum: Demystifying early psychosis to support young people (PDF 171.7KB)
NSW Health
20 October 2021, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Live stream event

Promoting Wellbeing and Help-Seeking Behaviours Webinar for Spiritual Leaders
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
21 October 2021 and 28 October 2021, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Online via MS Teams


Keeping well during the Pandemic in Tamil
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
21 October 2021, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Online via MS Teams

Mental Wellbeing of Your Adolescent Children 关于青少年孩子心理健康讲座 (普通话） (PDF 1MB)
21st October 2021 日期: 10月21日 星期四, 10:00 am – 11:30am 時間: 上午10:00 至11:30
Online Zoom 地点:Zoom 线上讲座

Vaccination – achieving equity of access
Equally Well
21 October 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Webinar

Keeping well during the Pandemic for Indian Community
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
22 October 2021, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Online via MS Teams

Keeping well during the Pandemic in Nepali
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
22 October 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Online via MS Teams


Keeping well during the Pandemic Burmese
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
23 October 2021, 10:30 am– 12:00 pm
Online via MS Teams


Keeping well during the Pandemic Cantonese
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
27 October 2021, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Online via MS Teams


Keeping well during the Pandemic Mandarin
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
27 October 2021, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Online via MS Teams

Webinar: COVID-19 and mental health – International perspectives
World Psychiatric Association – Transcultural Psychiatry Section
27 October 2021,  3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Central European time)
Online

Keeping Connected: Social health and ageing
Older Persons' Mental Health Service, Prince of Wales Hospital
27 October 2021, 10:00am
Webinar online

Latest Research on Effective Interventions and Models for Torture and Refugee Trauma
STARTTS
27 October 2021, 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Webinar via Zoom

How to lodge discrimination complaints in NSW as an advocate
Anti-Discrimination NSW
28 October 2021, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Online

November

Movember - raising awareness of Men's Health

Events across Australia

Knowledge Exchange Webinar 2 – Aftercare
Suicide Prevention Australia & Life in Mind
2 November 2021, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
3 - 5 November 2021
National Convention Centre, Canberra, ACT

STARTTS Refugee Ball
5 November 2021
Doltone House - Jones Bay Wharf
Level 3/26-32 Pirrama Rd,
Pyrmont NSW 2009

Perinatal Mental Health Week 
7 - 13 November 2021

IEPA 2021 Virtual - Early Intervention in Mental Health
8 - 12  November 2021
Online

Lifeforce Suicide Prevention Training
Session 1 – Raising awareness of suicide in Australia
10 November 2021, 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Session 2 – Understanding risk and our attitude around suicide
10 November 2021, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Session 3 – Responding to someone at risk of suicide
11 November 2021, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom

Self-Care, Transference and Countertransference in Working with People from Refugee Backgrounds
STARTTS
12 November 2021, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Virtual workshop

Safe Storytelling
Mental Health Coordinating Council
15 November 2021
2 hour interactive Zoom webinar

Safe Storytelling
Mental Health Coordinating Council
16 November 2021
2 hour interactive Zoom webinar

Re-conceptualizing Culture and Context to meet the Needs of a Globalizing World
Presenters: Mario Braakman and Mihri Heval Özgen
6th World Congress of the World Association for Cultural Psychiatry
21 November 2021, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm (Central European Time) 
Webinar via Zoom

Re-conceptualizing Culture and Context to meet the Needs of a Globalizing World
Presenters: Laurence Kirmayer and Mitchell Weiss
6th World Congress of the World Association for Cultural Psychiatry 
21 November 2021, 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm (Central European Time) 
Webinar via Zoom

Preventing Suicide - A Hopeful, Recovery-Oriented Approach
PHN Hunter New England and Central Coast
20 November 2021, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online

LawSense Law for Mental Health Practitioners Webinar
25 November 2021, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Live Online & Recorded - recording available to view until 25 December 2021

December

2021 Society for Mental Health Research - Breaking Down Silos
1 -3 December 2021
Hotel Grand Chancellor
Hobart, TAS

Stop Domestic Violence Conference
1 - 3 December 2021
JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort and Spa

The First Southeast Asian Indigenous Psychology Scientific Meeting (SEAIP-2021)
4 - 5 December 2021
Virtual via Zoom

2022

February

4th National Settlement Conference - Building the Future Together
Settlement Council of Australia
3 - 4 February 2022, 9:00 am  - 5:00 pm
Adelaide Town Hall
128 King William St, Adelaide SA 5000,

March

Knowledge Exchange Webinar 3 – Communicating about suicide
Suicide Prevention Australia & Life in Mind
1 March 2022, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) Conference
10 - 11 March 2022
Sofitel, Melbourne, VIC

April