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]

 

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Social and emotional wellbeing (including mental health)
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   This web resource is a 'one-stop info-shop' for people interested in addressing issues that influence the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You will also find a yarning place that provides electronic services to encourage information-sharing and collaboration.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   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:   Nov 2009
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:   Oct 2009
Title:   Media release. $10.7M available to reduce Indigenous smoking rates
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, today encouraged organisations with expertise in smoking prevention and quitting smoking to join a $10.7 million initiative to reduce smoking amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. Campaign targets sexually transmitted infections
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A national campaign launched on 29 May aims to reduce the rate of sexually transmitted infections among Australians, especially young people and Indigenous people.
Date:   May 2009
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:   Mar 2009
Title:   Health risk factors
Publisher:   HealthInfoNet
Description:   The factors contributing to the poor health status of Indigenous people should be seen within the broad context of the 'social determinants of health'.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Media release. New Indigenous campaign to focus on healthy living
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon today launched the national Tomorrow People Starts Today campaign to tackle obesity and chronic disease amongst Indigenous Australians. Tomorrow People Starts Today aims to empower individuals to take action in relation to their health and make changes to ensure they can lead a longer and healthier life.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Aboriginal health - physical activity
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Indigenous Australians are less likely to engage in physical activity. Lack of regular exercise increases the risk of health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease for Aboriginal people.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   ATSI Projects
Publisher:   Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)
Description:   A set of resources about sexual health, sexuality and HIV/AIDS issues in relation to aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report: detailed analyses
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in the policy report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report, produced by the Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   Nov 2008
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 - 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 - 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 - 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
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