Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares Christmas mental health support Australia resources and crisis help options.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan presents an AASW webinar on supporting mental health in CaLD men through culturally responsive practice

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on migration, masculinity and mental health in a new ALIVE Network essay.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan examines the debate on social work registration Australia and what it means for the profession

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan receives WA Mental Health Award congratulations in WA Parliament.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins the National Mental Health Workforce Advisory Network to support Australia’s Strategy

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan is named the 2025 AASW Social Worker of the Year, recognising national leadership.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on multicultural mental health storytelling and the lessons held in silence.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan presents on lived experience leadership in academia at the Service Users in Academia Symposium (SUAS) 2025.

Supervision is never neutral; it either sees us or silences us. For social workers from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD)  backgrounds, supervision can be a place of validation - or invisibility. That’s why I’m inviting social work supervisors, managers, and allied professionals across Australia to join Supervision That Sees Me: Culturally Responsive Supervision for CaLD Social Workers , a national live online workshop presented by the Australian Association of Soc

Our new peer-reviewed paper, co-authored by Michael Elwan , has been published in the Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health . The study explores how Australia measures recovery in its public mental health system - and what might be missing when we rely solely on symptom-based tools. Australia’s public mental health services collect vast amounts of data each year. Every hospital, community team, and inpatient unit routinely records a bundle of measures known

Award-winning social worker and national advisor Michael Elwan shares his ALIVE National Centre story on young carer mental health in Australia and the lessons of early caregiving.

Award-winning social worker and national advisor Michael Elwan reflects on receiving the WA Mental Health Award 2025 for Lived Experience Impact & Inspiration, supported by the WA Mental Health Commission.

I recently received news that I’ve been named a Finalist  in the AASW National Excellence Awards   2025 for Social Worker of the Year , a recognition that honours lived-experience leadership and social work excellence across Australia. It took a while for the news to sink in. These things never start with applause - they start with small steps, hard days, and moments where you’re just trying to keep someone safe, including yourself. My path into social work wasn’t a straight

I am delighted to announce a new course I have co-created with my colleague Almudena for the WA Recovery College Alliance (WARCA) . This free, community-based program invites people from every walk of life to explore recovery as a journey of learning, connection, and hope. WA Recovery College courses are co-designed by people with lived and professional experience, offering a unique space where knowledge is shared rather than prescribed, and where participants are partners in

I’m honoured to be joining the Black Dog Institute’s Suicide Prevention Network Community of Practice  this September, where the focus is on suicide prevention in culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities. This theme is close to my heart. As someone who migrated from Egypt to Australia and carries lived experiences of caregiving, migration stress, and suicide bereavement, I know how deeply culture shapes the way we understand distress, healing, and belonging. C

As R U OK? Day draws near on 11 September, I've been quietly reflecting on the quiet power of these check-ins, especially out here in our regional and rural spots where support can sometimes feel a bit distant. In the fresh edition of Trunk Line from the Manna Institute, I share reflections for R U OK? Day 2025 - part of Manna Institute’s ongoing commitment to community connection and mental health research. Dr Tara Lal AFSM reminds us that "Are you okay?" can feel a tad clos

I recently had the chance to sit down for a chat on the Equi Voices multicultural mental health interview, and I have to say, it was a wonderful experience. Being interviewed by Estela Fuentes was an absolute pleasure; her passion for multicultural mental health and cross-cultural wellbeing is infectious, and it made the whole conversation flow like a natural catch-up over a cuppa. She's got this genuine fire for amplifying diverse voices in the mental health space, and it r

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan is appointed to the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist WA, advancing multicultural mental health leadership.

I'm feeling a deep sense of humility and gratitude today. I've been selected as one of the two stories of hope featured by Suicide Prevention Australia for World Suicide Prevention Day 2025; it's a real privilege to stand alongside such powerful voices in this space. As someone who's walked the path of being a carer and a survivor of loss, especially within culturally and linguistically diverse communities, this recognition hits close to home. It's not just about my journey;