Mental Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Follow the links below to find information on mental health issues and services for people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

More information can also be found at The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet [Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet]

 

Updated January 2008

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Title:   Aboriginal - support
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Everyone needs some sort of support at some time in their lives. As a parent you will experience a lot of different emotions, which can sometimes leave you feeling lost.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Life expectancy for Victorians
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Life expectancy in Victoria is increasing. Fewer people are dying from heart disease, injuries and infectious diseases. Victorian women can expect to live almost five years longer than Victorian men. Reducing risk factors decreases your risk of dying early.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - our children, our families, our way
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are many Aboriginal people in Australia today, all just a little different, but we are all Aboriginal in our own way. Within all cultures there are differences in the way we live and there are differences in the ways we parent our kids.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - role models
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   In our world we learn by watching and copying others. This helps us sort out how we behave. Having a role model has always been an important part of our family life. A role model can be any one.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - we all need to feel safe and secure
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   How you were grown up can affect how you grow up your own baby. Sometimes mothers have sad memories of not feeling happy or safe when they were growing up.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - kids grieve too
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes adults can be so sad with their own suffering that children's pain can be overlooked. Kids grieve too and from an early age, but not in the same way that adults do.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - identity
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We want our kids to know our ways. Kids learn by watching, listening and practising, and by close contact with others.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - families that work well
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   A loving and caring family circle can help kids have a good feeling about themselves and a good regard for others. In an unhappy, fearful family kids often can feel bad about themselves and couldn't care less about others.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - How do we like our children to be?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The ways people bring up their children may be different but we all want the best for our children. We would like them to become healthy, happy, well adjusted, successful, honest grown ups.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - being a dad
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The most important gift that you can give to your children is your love. This means getting to know them and being involved in their lives so they get to know you and feel safe and secure.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aboriginal - a new baby
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Aboriginal mums, after they have babies, have some bad days due to tiredness, being constantly on call, not being able to keep up with things, losing their old lifestyle and so on. This is normal.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Other aspects - health risk factors
Publisher:   HealthInfoNet
Description:   Health risk factors among Indigenous Australians. Health promotion resources, journal articles, reports and publications.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Indigenous physical activity
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   This web resource is a 'one-stop info-shop' for people interested in promoting physical activity within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Alcohol - effects on unborn children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Alcohol drunk by mothers during pregnancy can seriously affect the health and development of their unborn children.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Evaluation of the Bringing Them Home and Indigenous Mental Health Programs
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The evaluation covers four programs: the Link Up program; the Bringing Them Home Counsellors' Program; Social and Emotional Well Being Regional Centres; and Mental Health Service Delivery Projects.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Media release. New PBS listings for April 2008
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Cancer patients, children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, people suffering from schizophrenia, stroke patients and the Indigenous community will benefit from changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from 1 April 2008.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Aboriginal health - physical activity
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   In general, Indigenous Australians are less physically active than the rest of the population. Lack of regular exercise increases the risk of developing health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. There are social, cultural and economic reasons why Indigenous people may not take part in physical activity.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Aboriginal - step-families
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Step families are usually decided by two adults who want to be together. The kids may not share the same feelings about it. This building of a new partnership is an exciting but challenging time. It needs a lot of time, energy and hard work.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Aboriginal - loving and laughing
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most Anangu and Yapa families welcome their new babies with lots of love and pride. The family give the baby lots of hugs and kisses. Adults and other children love to make the baby smile and laugh. Babies are held most of the time and never left alone.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Workshop for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers - Albury
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Following the success of the workshop in Cairns, the NBCC held a workshop on breast cancer in Indigenous women on 7 March 2007 in Albury, in conjunction with the 9th National Rural health Conference.
Date:   Mar 2007
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