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State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy?
The Aboriginal culture of Australia is one of the oldest cultures on earth, dating back 50 000 years. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people are the indigenous inhabitants of Australia, constituting 2.4% of the population. The health status of these ‘First Australians’ has been desc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508011 |
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description | The Aboriginal culture of Australia is one of the oldest cultures on earth, dating back 50 000 years. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people are the indigenous inhabitants of Australia, constituting 2.4% of the population. The health status of these ‘First Australians’ has been described as a source of national shame, with the life expectancy approximately 17 years lower than that of other Australians (Eades, 2000). This gap in life expectancy is also significantly larger than that of other countries with indigenous populations and a history of colonisation, such as the USA, Canada and New Zealand (Ring & Firman, 1998). This paper offers an overview of the impact of colonisation and its subsequent influence on the social and emotional well-being of ATSI people. |
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spelling | pubmed-67348922019-09-10 State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? Rege, Sanil Int Psychiatry Special Paper The Aboriginal culture of Australia is one of the oldest cultures on earth, dating back 50 000 years. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people are the indigenous inhabitants of Australia, constituting 2.4% of the population. The health status of these ‘First Australians’ has been described as a source of national shame, with the life expectancy approximately 17 years lower than that of other Australians (Eades, 2000). This gap in life expectancy is also significantly larger than that of other countries with indigenous populations and a history of colonisation, such as the USA, Canada and New Zealand (Ring & Firman, 1998). This paper offers an overview of the impact of colonisation and its subsequent influence on the social and emotional well-being of ATSI people. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734892/ /pubmed/31508011 Text en © 2009 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Special Paper Rege, Sanil State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? |
title | State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? |
title_full | State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? |
title_fullStr | State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? |
title_full_unstemmed | State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? |
title_short | State of indigenous mental health in Australia – a colonial legacy? |
title_sort | state of indigenous mental health in australia – a colonial legacy? |
topic | Special Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508011 |
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