Writing on lived experience, mental health and practice

Award-winning social worker and PhD researcher Michael Elwan on his article in Psychiatric Services, exploring certainty, treatment, and lived experience in psychiatry.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares his new ALIVE article on caregiving, migration, grief, and knowledge.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on multicultural mental health leadership and recognition in Australia.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins the World Social Work Day 2026 panel exploring hope, harmony, and collective responsibility.

Award-winning social worker Michael Elwan explores multicultural belonging, identity, and migration in Australia ahead of the Between Worlds workshop.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares the Consumer-Led Conversations recording on multicultural mental health leadership.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on consumer-led multicultural mental health leadership and collective change.

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

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. Ca