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Insha answered on Apr 23 2022
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PROMOTING GOOD YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
Professional audience
This information is intended for those who are actively involved in promoting excellent mental health among indigenous kids. It allowed mental health professionals, anthropology, public health, indigenous practitioners, and clinical health professionals to engage and discuss techniques from various indigenous groups. Projects like these, which emphasize the sharing of techniques and experiences across various indigenous populations, are currently absent in both the therapeutic and literature practice.
Targeted community to help
Among Indigenous Australians, the term of 'community' has a variety of meanings. A feeling of collective duty and identity, even a connection to a specific location, may be communicated through community. Large proportions of Indigenous people, speak indigenous languages, and have a persistent lack of services and prospects are more likely in remote areas. Urban communities are frequently more diverse and fluid, yet often preserve strong familial networks and cultural ties (Hefler, Kerrigan, Henryks, Freeman & Thomas, 2019).
Too frequently, treatments are planned and implemented using a deficit paradigm (Hensel, Ellard, Koltek, Wilson & Sareen, 2019). This may lead to whole communities being made scapegoats and punishing top-down remedies being imposed, while a value system of collectivism may be a source of resilience. The pressures of social and economic marginalization, as well as family and community disintegration, put cultural assets under severe stress.
Indigenous Australians are substantially more likely as compared to non-indigenous Australians to have had three or more severe life stress events in the previous 12 months, with 22% of youngsters having had seven or more. This is in line with studies that suggest that being exposed to family pressures makes people more vulnerable to a variety of health hazards. According to a recent research, 24 percent of Aboriginal children aged 4 to 17 in Western Australia exhibited evidence of major mental or behavioural problems. “These rates jumped to 26% for Aboriginal children and 17% for non-Aboriginal children between the ages of 4 and 11.”(Lopez-Carmen et al., 2019).
Community sustainability issue
Indigenous Australians confront far more health hazards and problems than the rest of the country. Particularly concerning is the fact that the health disparity between non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples appears to be expanding...