Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: paradise lost?
Parker, Robert M. (2012) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: paradise lost? Medical Journal of Australia, 196 (2). pp. 89-90.
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DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11561
View at Publisher Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.11561
Abstract
[Extract] It may well be that Australian Aboriginal culture, before significant European contact, provided conditions for mental health that the rest of the world would envy. Traditional Aboriginal culture has several factors that strongly reinforce good mental health. Sense of self was seen as being intimately connected to all aspects of life, community, spirituality, culture and country. Material needs were provided for through sharing rules, and relationships and kinship defined social roles.
| ID Code: | 21973 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111701 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111714 Mental Health @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9203 Indigenous Health > 920301 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Determinants of Health @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920410 Mental Health @ 50% |
| Deposited On: | 13 Jun 2012 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2013 01:51 |
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