ATSI mental health Flashcards

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Understand prevalence rates, types and specific management of mental illness in Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
- Give examples of specific cultural factors that may have a significant role in a patient’s
presentation e.g. Kadachi man, tall man, blame, shame
- Explain the role de-culturation and the Stolen Generation have to play on the rates and
presentations of mental illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
- Describe the role the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Mental Health Worker
and Aboriginal Medical Services have in the provision of services to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peoples.
- Be able to interview an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander patient by engaging and
communicating in a culturally appropriate and safe way (on completion of E-Learning
module 1)
- Develop a mental health management plan for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander patient
through understanding of the importance of collaboration in order for it to be culturally
appropriate (on completion of E-Learning module 2)
- Formulation of a case involving an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander patient considering
important factors and information (on completion of E-Learning module 3)

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