Community Mental Health Consultation
About
We'd like to invite you to a community consultation hosted by Six Degrees and the Centre for Muslim Wellbeing, bringing together imams, sheikhs, and mosque representatives from across Victoria.We're reaching out to a small group of leaders we believe are well-placed to help shape what comes next for Muslim mental health in our state.
Why This Consultation Matters
Muslim Australians are significantly underserved by the current mental health system — not because of stigma, but because of structural misalignment. Despite making up 3.2% of the population, Muslim Australians account for only 1.4% of Medicare-subsidised mental health service recipients. Rates of psychological distress among Muslim adolescents are 34% higher than their non-Muslim peers.
Community leaders are central to changing this. When a Muslim family is struggling, the first call is rarely to a GP or a psychologist, it's to their imam, their sheikh, or their local mosque. That trust is irreplaceable, and no mental health system can work for our community without it being built in from the start.
We need your voice, your experience, and your understanding of what our communities actually need, not after the model is designed, but while it's still being shaped.
About This Session
We'll be presenting a draft Muslim Mental Health Engagement Model and working through it together. The model maps a full referral pathway, from community entry points through to intake, triage, navigation, and mental health services, with a cultural safety layer embedded throughout.
We'll be exploring:
(1) What would make community leaders confident referring someone into this pathway
(2) What role mosques and community organisations could play as trusted entry points
(3) What the model is missing from a community and faith perspective
Date
Monday 18 May 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Multipurpose Room
Community Hub at The Dock, 912 Collins St, Docklands VIC 3008
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Community Mental Health Consultation
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