Improving mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People through an Indigenous mental health workforce

P Upton, L Ford, R Wallace, S Jackson, J Richard… - 2021 - researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au
Abstract Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience high rates of psychological
distress and suicide. However, they are less likely to use mental health services than non …

Improving Indigenous mental health outcomes with an Indigenous mental health workforce

P Upton, L Ford, R Wallace, S Jackson, J Richard… - 2021 - researchers.cdu.edu.au
Abstract Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience high rates of psychological
distress and suicide. However, they are less likely to use mental health services than non …

[PDF][PDF] Working as a culturally competent mental health practitioner

R Walker, C Sonn - … and Torres Strait Islander mental health …, 2010 - nceta.flinders.edu.au
This chapter explores what is involved in being a professional practitioner working in the
area of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health. It does this with regard to the …

Explorations of understandings of mental health in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample

ML Kilcullen - 2011 - eprints.jcu.edu.au
It has been acknowledged that the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people has been'bedevilled'by the inappropriate application of non-Indigenous models of …

Way Forward: an Indigenous approach to well-being

K Andersen, J Henderson, E Howarth… - Australasian …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals are overrepresented in mental
health services in the state of Queensland (QLD), Australia; indicating greater prevalence …

Traditional aboriginal healing in mental health care, western Australia

J Jones, H McGlade, S Davison - … Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter discusses mental health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples and the requirements for these services under Western Australian (WA) law. It …

Aboriginal Mental Health Awareness: An Overview-Part 2

E Hunter - Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 1993 - search.informit.org
Aboriginal Mental Health Awareness: An Overview - Part 2 Page 1 AN OVERVIEW PART
TWO By ERN!;I HUhlll1Z - .....hefollowing article is the secondpart Ofa series written by DrHu~ter,.which …

[PDF][PDF] The Djirruwang Program: Cultural affirmation for effective mental health

T Brideson, J Havelka, F McMillan… - … : Aboriginal and Torres …, 2014 - academia.edu
OVERVIEW his chapter outlines the growth and development of the Djirruwang Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Worker Education and Training Program (he …

Co‐designing research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers of mental health services, mental health workers, elders and cultural healers

H Milroy, S Kashyap, J Collova… - Australian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The disparity in mental health outcomes compared with non‐Indigenous
Australians means that there is an urgent need to develop an evidence base around how …

Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: seeking a way forward

AN Isaacs, P Pyett, MA Oakley‐Browne… - … journal of mental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Mental disorders are the second leading cause of disease burden among Australia's
Indigenous people after cardiovascular disease. Yet Indigenous people do not access …