The Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre (QTMHC) is holding state-wide consultation forums for all stakeholders to participate in the development of the Queensland Plan for Multicultural Mental Health. If you are interested in multicultural mental health, please either attend a community consultation session or complete our online survey. For more information on locations and dates for the consultation sessions, or to do the online survey, visit: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/pahospital/qtmhc/policies.asp.

The 2009 National Survey of Young Australians, conducted by Mission Australia, tested the views of close to 48,000 young people – the biggest group since the survey began in 2002 – between the ages of 11-24 (97.9 per cent aged 11-19).

Drugs, suicide and body image were the most common concerns raised by young people in the survey.