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Running Head: Indigenous People and Mental Health                    1
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND MENTAL HEALTH                     10
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND MENTAL HEALTH
Introduction
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander are respectfully referred as Indigenous in Australia. The history of Indigenous population makes them significantly different from the non-Indigenous population. There are some differences, which persist even in the present times, which affect the concerned population in many ways including affecting the mental health. A report from AIHW has reported that the rate of hospitalisation of the Indigenous people for the issues related to mental health are at twice the rate to that of the non-Indigenous people and improving the mental health of Indigenous people is a national health priority (AIHW, 2019).
A similar report indicates that for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a good health is termed more than absence of any disease or illness, it is considered as a holistic concept, which includes cultural, physical, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing, which is applicable for both the individual and the community (AIHW, 2020). According to Schultz et al. (2019), health care services are provided for the Indigenous people for enhancing their well-being in Australia and the health framework is shaped accordingly.
This is further understood in the present study. The aetiological factors relating to the mental illnesses among the population of the Indigenous people are discussed and reviewed contemporarily, followed by one intervention, which is based on culturally sensitive health care.
Reason for Improving Mental Health of Indigenous People being a More Important National Health Priority
Indigenous people are reported to experience an unequal ratio of mental health related issues than non-indigenous people. It is very important priority of the national health to improve the mental health of the Indigenous people as number of hospitalisation and suicide rate is high. According to Dudgeon et al. (2017), the rate of deaths among the Indigenous population are increasing rapidly in comparison to the rate of the non-Indigenous population.
Similarly, Allam et al. (2018), have mentioned that about 147 deaths of Indigenous people related to mental illness is reported in past years and among them about 407 deaths were reported to be in custody. Moreover, the deaths in custody were found to come in the category where medical conditions were treatable, which has indicated that the concerned part of the Indigenous population are less likely to receive the care, they need that the non-Indigenous people.
The numbers go further to inform that about 1 in 4 Indigenous persons suffer from a mental or behavioural condition. The people from this population experience high rates of distress of psychological nature, which is about 3 times of the rate of the population of the non-Indigenous population. The most common behavioural or mental condition experiences by the Indigenous people are found to be anxiety. This is followed by depression, which is the second most commonly found conditioned experienced by the Indigenous people.
The report has mentioned that the rate of hospitalisation of the Indigenous population for the reason of mental health and conditions related to it is double the numbers and about 2.1 times higher for the Indigenous male population and about 1.5 times higher for the Indigenous female population women in comparison to the non-Indigenous counterparts. In addition to this is also found that the numbers of Indigenous people seen in the Emergency Room for the reason of mental health conditions are at higher rates in comparison to that of the non-Indigenous population (AHMAC, 2017).
Aetiological Factors Related to Mental Illness in Indigenous People
The various aetiological factors related to mental illness in indigenous people is discussed
Colonisation and its Contemporary Impacts Intergenerational Trauma During colonisation
Dudgeon et al. (2017) mentioned that the initial frontier warfare, dispossession and massacres along with the second wave that involved dispossession of the Indigenous people to the reserves. Their legal regimes, which controlled all the aspects of their lives, have a role to play in the related mental illnesses. There was a huge impact of the incidences, which included the forcible act of taking thousands of Aboriginal young children to be assimilated into the non-Indigenous society. This practice was characterised as genocidal.
Additionally, the events were the historical memories and even this affects the lives of contemporary Indigenous individuals and their families. Das et al. (2018) supported this further by stating that the Indigenous people who grew up and had survived their infancy time were rather fit and free of diseases and the native food of Australia had contributed to their good health. The semi-nomadic activities of their lifestyle were complementary to their heath which assisted in the mental and physical fitness. The colonization from the British in Australia from 1788 brought tremendous impact on the lives of the Indigenous population affecting their mental health which lasted for long.
Social Determinants and Indigenous Suicide
The institutional discrimination and racism against the communities of the Indigenous people and the similar related concept of social exclusion still existed despite the legal equality, which came in the 1960s. It was assessed that the people at the highest risk of experiencing disadvantage due to this reason included the Indigenous people as a group, which kept on adding to the ill effects of the mental health (Dudgeon & Holland, 2018). This included the groups, which were...