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Title: | Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, New Zealand Maori and Remote Area Mental Health | Contributor(s): | West, Roianne (author); Usher, Kim (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2014 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17158 | Abstract: | There are approximately 517,200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people residing in Australia. This represents 2.5 per cent of the total Australian population. When compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are less likely to be employed, are less likely to own a home and are overrepresented in supported accommodation for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless. While Australians enjoy relatively good health overall, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience higher death rates than non-Indigenous Australians across all age groups (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people also experience higher rates of some mental disorders and social and emotional well-being problems than others (Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, 2004a). Prevalence estimates of mental illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not well researched or documented in Australia. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Mental Health Nursing: Dimensions of Praxis, p. 460-483 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Place of Publication: | South Melbourne, Australia | ISBN: | 9780195522242 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111005 Mental Health Nursing | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420504 Mental health nursing | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920399 Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 210399 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | B3 Chapter in a Revision/New Edition of a Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an52121176 | Editor: | Editor(s): Karen-Leigh Edward, Ian Munro, Anthony Welch, Alan Robins |
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