Voices across the fence: commonality, difference and respectful practice across a half century of change

Hunter, Ernest, and Milroy, Helen (2013) Voices across the fence: commonality, difference and respectful practice across a half century of change. Australasian Psychiatry, 21 (4). pp. 305-310.

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Abstract

Objective: To describe changes that have occurred in the field of indigenous mental health over the last 50 years.

Conclusions: The last half-century has seen major advances in psychiatry and in the roles and capacities of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Over the same period, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia has been transformed by social and political forces that have brought both benefits and disappointments to Indigenous Australians. Indigenous mental health has evolved from a marginal interest in an 'exotic' area to a recognised field with its own issues, competencies and training needs. In this paper, two College Fellows consider these decades of change, presenting their reflections through voices that reflect different vantages despite a common destination.

Item ID: 32618
Item Type: Article (Commentary)
ISSN: 1440-1665
Keywords: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, indigenous, mental health, psychiatry
Date Deposited: 09 Apr 2014 00:24
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111714 Mental Health @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9203 Indigenous Health > 920399 Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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