Researchers launch Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre

Bell Let's Talk, McGill University, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital are pleased to announce the official launch of the  Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre  (MMHRC). This unique online resource seeks to improve the quality and availability of mental health services for people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, including new Canadians, refugees and members of established ethnocultural communities. With these populations disproportionally affected by the global pandemic, the MMHRC will provide a timely and critical new resource. A joint initiative by researchers at McGill's Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, The Neuro and the Lady Davis Institute, supported by a  $250,000 donation from Bell Let's Talk , MMHRC is led by Dr. Laurence Kirmayer, an international researcher in the field of transcultural psychiatry. Dr. Kirmayer has pioneered efforts to approach mental health within the cultural context of those who are being treated and the communities in which they live. "Addressing issues of language, culture, religion and other aspects of diversity, the MMHRC will promote greater equity in mental health care," said Dr. Kirmayer. "Mental health is often viewed differently in different cultures, which requires culturally responsive approaches to meet the needs of those seeking help.