This research project aims to provide new insights into the factors that influence mental health-related help-seeking (including that of stigma), and thereby build on the national knowledge base for three CALD community groups. It also provides policy recommendations to inform mental illness stigma reduction initiatives in these communities.

This pilot project focuses on Australian Chinese peer support groups as an entry point to future research which will include diverse cultural groups. Findings of this project contribute to the knowledge about cultural competence in disability support and peer support activities among people with disability and their families from CALD backgrounds.