Beasts of burden or organised cooperation: the story of a mental health team in remote, Indigenous Australia. (December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hunter, Ernest; Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Santhanam-Martin, Radhika; Skalicky, Judy; Gynther, Bruce; Dyer, Geraldine
• Is Part Of: Australasian psychiatry. Volume 21:Number 6(2013)
• Page Start: 572
• Page End: 577
• Publication Date: 2013-12
• Subjects: Aboriginal -- Australia -- Indigenous Australians -- history -- Indigenous population -- mental health -- Remote Area Mental Health Service -- rural care -- Torres Strait Islander; Psychiatry -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89005
• DOI: 10.1177/1039856213501724
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1039-8562

Abstract

Objective: This paper aims to describe the growth of a regionally-based mental health team providing services to remote Indigenous communities in far north Queensland. Conclusions: By drawing on their experience, the authors are able to identify factors supporting the development and sustained capacity of integrated mental health teams, working in challenging remote settings.