Working together : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice
2014
Book
This text is written for health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing social and emotional wellbeing issues and mental health conditions. It provides information on the issues influencing mental health, good mental health practice, and strategies for working with specific groups. Over half of the authors in this second edition are Indigenous people themselves, reflecting the growing number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experts who are writing and adding to the body of knowledge around mental health and associated areas.
Main title:
Working together : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice / editors: Pat Dudgeon, Helen Milroy and Roz Walker.
Author:
Dudgeon, Patricia, editorMilroy, Helen, editorWalker, Roz, editorCalma, Tom, 1953-Australia. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, sponsoring bodyAustralia. Department of Health and Ageing, sponsoring bodyTelethon Institute for Child Health Research, issuing bodyKulunga Research Network, issuing bodyUniversity of Western Australia
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
[West Perth, Western Australia] : Kulunga Research Network, [2014]©2014.
Collation:
xxviii, 588 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps, colour portraits, ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Previous edition: 2010.Foreword by Tom Calma."This book was funded by the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and was developed by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research/Kulunga Research Network, in collaboration with the University of Western Australia. "--Title page verso."The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research to produce the second edition of this book."--Page xxvi.Previous edition edited by Nola Purdie, Pat Dudgeon and Roz Walker.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Linking notes:
Print version Working together : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. West Perth, WA : Kulunga Research Network, 2014
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. History and contexts -- 1. Aboriginal social, cultural and historical contexts -- 2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: an overview -- 3. A history of indigenous psychology -- 4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing -- 5. The evolving policy context in mental health and wellbeing -- Part 2. Issues and influences -- 6. Social determinants of social and emotional wellbeing -- 7. Mental illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples -- 8. Harmful substances use and mental health -- 9. Preventing suicide among Aboriginal Australian -- 10. Mental disorder and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system -- Part 3. Standards, principles and practice -- 11. Introduction to national standards for the mental health workforce -- 12. Cultural competence - transforming policy, services, programs and practice -- 13. Interdisciplinary care to enhance mental health and social and emotional wellbeing -- 14. Reframing Aboriginal family caregiving -- 15. Communicating and engaging with diverse communities -- Part 4. Assessment and management -- Principles of practice in mental health assessment with Aboriginal Australian -- 17. Addressing individual and community transgenerational trauma -- 18. Intellectual disability in Aboriginal and Torrs Strait Islander people -- Part 5. Working with children, families and communities -- 19. Perinatal and infant mental health and wellbeing -- 20. Addressing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Aboriginal communities -- 21. Understanding the lives of Aboriginal children and families -- 22. Working with behavioural and emotional problems in young people -- 23. Family violence: pathways forward -- Part 6. Healing models and programs -- 24. Community life and development programs - pathways to healing -- 25. Enhancing wellbeing, empowerment, healing and leadership -- Strong spirit strong mind model - informing policy and practice -- 27. Red dust healing: acknowledging the past, changing the future -- 28. Seven phases to integrating loss and grief -- 29. The Marumali Program: healing for stolen generations -- 30.Aboriginal offender rehabilitation programs -- 31. The Djirruwang Program: cultural affirmation for effective mental health -- Maps of Australian Aboriginal language groups and population -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Terminology -- Programs and Services -- Contributing authors -- The Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration -- Index.
ISBN:
9780957949447 (paperback)
Dewey class:
362.20899915
LC class:
RC451.5.A95
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Mental Disorders -- ethnologyOceanic Ancestry GroupHealth Services, IndigenousCultural CompetencyAboriginal Australians -- Mental healthAboriginal Australians -- Mental health servicesMental Health ServicesMental HealthTorres Strait Islanders -- Mental healthTorres Strait Islanders -- Mental health servicesATSICAustralia -- epidemiology
BRN:
563856