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 July 2011

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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:   Jan 2012
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 (including mental health) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You will also find a yarning place that provides an electronic networking service
Date:   Jan 2012
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:   Jan 2012
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:   Aug 2011
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:   Aug 2011
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 four years longer than Victorian men. Reducing risk factors decreases your risk of dying early.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Australian Government strong fathers strong families program - Questions and answers fact sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Strong Fathers Strong Families Program is an Australian Government initiative to promote the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers, partners, grandfathers and uncles, and encourage them to actively participate in their childrens and families lives, particularly in the antenatal period and early childhood development years.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Keeping strong - a flyer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the signs and symptoms of depression, and ways to find help and healing.
Date:   Mar 2011
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:   Feb 2011
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:   Feb 2011
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:   Feb 2011
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:   Feb 2011
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:   Feb 2011
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:   Feb 2011
Title:   Aboriginal health - barriers to 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:   Aug 2010
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:   Aug 2010
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:   Nov 2011
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 - 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:   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:   May 2007

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