Integrating Treatment for Mental and Physical Disorders and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Primary Care Settings

Tricia Nagel, David Kavanagh, Lesley Barclay, Thomas Trauer, Richard Chenhall, Jennifer Frendin, Carolyn Griffin

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    Abstract

    Objective: Australian Indigenous peoples in remote and rural settings continue to have limited access to treatment for mental illness. Comorbid disorders complicate presentations in primary care where Indigenous youths and perinatal women are at particular risk. Despite this high comorbidity there are few examples of successful models of integrated treatment. This paper outlines these challenges and provides recommendations for practice that derive from recent developments in the Northern Territory. Conclusions: There is a strong need to develop evidence for the effectiveness of integrated and culturally informed individual and service level interventions. We describe the Best practice in Early intervention Assessment and Treatment of depression and substance misuse study which seeks to address this need.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)s17-s19
    Number of pages3
    JournalAustralasian Psychiatry
    Volume19
    Issue numberSUPPL. 1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2011

    Keywords

    • Brief psychotherapy
    • Depression
    • Mental health
    • Primary health care
    • Substance use disorders

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