• Aust Fam Physician · Jan 2014

    Mental health in Indigenous settings. Challenges for clinicians.

    • Ernest Hunter.
    • MBBS, MPH, MA, MD, FRANZCP, FAFPHM, Diploma of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Regional Psychiatrist, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and Adjunct Professor, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD.
    • Aust Fam Physician. 2014 Jan 1; 43 (1): 26-8.

    BackgroundMental health problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are common, changing and challenging. Particularly in remote settings, doctors will need to untangle the complex interplay of culture, context and clinical significance.ObjectiveThis paper emphasises the importance of local knowledge and cultural respect in complementing clinical competence in the management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with mental health problems.DiscussionAnxiety, depression, psychosis, self-harm and problems of childhood and old age are used to exemplify differences by comparison with practice in non-Indigenous populations.

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