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The review of successful mental health and wellbeing supports for young black people: The project of South Sudanese Australian young people's mental health and wellbeing support.

Abur, W ( 2020)

This paper is a review of a successful mental health programs for young black people who have experienced some complex issues such mental health, racism and discrimination, family problems and bullying in schools. The article provides a brief overview of the ways and programs that may be usefully in supporting young people with mental health and wellbeing issues from the South Sudanese Australian community. A combination of desktop research and consultation with young people was employed to collect data. There was conversation meeting with 19 young people which conducted by a youth worker and one counsellor where young people were open to raise some mental health and wellbeing related issues that are affecting them, but there are no safe programs to support them. The review of successful mental health and wellbeing programs came out from the discussion based on the mental health and wellbeing issues raised by young people. The aim is to find out the existing mental health and wellbeing programs internationally that can be replicated as support programs for South Sudanese –Australian young people in Melbourne.