The page is divided into a section on Australian aboriginal people, and a second section on other indigenous peoples, and includes the full text of a number of books and reports. You will find further links to sites dealing with aboriginal health issues, including the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, on my public health page

Lists of books and journal articles relating to Aboriginal mental health issues can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page.

You will find further material in:-
AMI (Australasian Medical Index),
Meditext
This database contains the same information as AMI - Australasian Medical Index, but it also contains full text for a number of publications
ATSIhealth: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography,
and
ATSIROM : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander CD-ROM

Australia

Aboriginal Mental Health and Economic Rationalism : The Great Misunderstanding
This paper was presented by Michael Kidd to the Social Justice, Social Judgement Conference, University of Western Sydney in April 1998 BEHS2115 Health & Human Behaviour II: Readings, University of Sydney.

All In The Mind - 10 June 2006 - Aboriginal mental health part 1 - Tiwi Islands
All In The Mind - 17 June 2006 - The Long Grassers' legacy - Aboriginal mental health part 2
All In The Mind - 7 July 2007 - Deep listening: working with Indigenous mental distress
Transcripts and audios from All in the Mind, a series on ABC Radio National. Other programs can be found here

Auseinet: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
This site includes a wide range of resources from the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet).

Counselling Interventions and Indigenous Mental Health
An article from Medicine Australia (MedAu), published by the Northern Rivers Division of General Practice (NSW) Ltd.

Evaluation of the Emotional and Social Well Being (Mental Health) Action Plan
From the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. A report prepared by Urbis Keys Young, as commissioned by OATSIH, May 2001.

Gunbang ... or Ceremonies? Combating Alcohol Misuse in the Kakadu/West Arnhem Region
By Peter d'Abbs and Trish Jones. Menzies School of Health Research, 1997. (Menzies occasional papers)

Indigenous Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Databases
Produced by the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology. There are two databases - a bibliographic database, which allows searching for books and journals, and a projects database, which contains descriptions of completed projects.

NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Policy: Strategy for the Delivery of Mental Health Services for Aboriginal People in New South Wales.
New South Wales Department of Health, Centre for Mental Health, 1997.

Petrol sniffing and the brain: 'petrol blackbella, chuck im la bin' Yilila
The transcript of the ABC Radio National program All In The Mind - 28 January 2006.

Psychiatric Assessment in Remote Aboriginal Communities of Central Australia
A dissertation submitted in August 1997 by Mark Sheldon in part fulfilment of the requirements of the Part 2 examination for the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

Social and Emotional Well Being Framework 2004-2009
A National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Mental Health and Social and Emotional Well Being 2004-2009 is a five year plan to guide the work of the many agencies, both government and non-government, that work towards improving the mental health and social and emotional well being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Prepared by Social Health Reference Group for National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council and National Mental Health Working Group,
2004.

Ways Forward: National Consultancy Report on Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Mental Health
Swan, Pat "Ways forward" : national consultancy report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health / by P. Swan and B. Raphael. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, c1995.

Other Indigenous Peoples

Aboriginal Mental Health Research Team: Working Papers of the Culture and Mental Health Research Unit on Aboriginal Mental Health (McGill University)
Selected individual papers are also listed below.

Aboriginal Mental Health: What Works Best
Prepared by Vicki Smye and Bill Mussell. Mheccu (Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit), University of British Columbia, July 2001.

Aotearoa Minds: Maoris Taking on Mental Health - Part 1
The transcript of the ABC Radio National program All In The Mind - 29 May 2004.

Aotearoa Minds: Maoris Taking on Mental Health - Part 2
The transcript of the ABC Radio National program All In The Mind - 5 June 2004.

Emerging Trends in Mental Health Research Among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
Kirmayer, L.J., Gill, K. Fletcher, C., Ternar, Y., Quesney, C., Ferrara, N., Smith, A. Emerging Trends in Mental Health Research among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples. Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 2, prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Montreal, 1993.

Ethnopsychiatry and Theories of "the African Mind" [MJM 1997 3: 40-43]
The McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM) provides an international forum for student contributions to the field of medicine.

Inuit Concepts of Mental Health and Illness: An Ethnographic Study
Kirmayer, L.J., Fletcher, C., Corin, E. & Boothroyd, L. Inuit Concepts of Mental Health and Illness: An Ethnographic Study. Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 4, Montreal, 1994.

Kia Mauri Tau! Narratives of Recovery from Disabling Mental Health Problems
By Hilary Lapsley, Linda Waimarie Nikora, and Rosanne Black, this is the Report of the University of Waikato Mental Health Narratives Project. Wellington, Mental Health Commission, 2002.

The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples: An International Overview
The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples: An International Overview, by Alex Cohen. Geneva, Department of Mental Health, World Health Organization, 1999.

The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples: Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute
Laurence J. Kirmayer, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Gregory M. Brass: The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples: Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples McGill Summer Program in Social & Cultural Psychiatry and the Aboriginal Mental Health Research Team May 29 – May 31, 2000 Montréal, Québec , Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 10, Montreal., 2000.

Risk Factors for Attempted Suicide Among Inuit Youth: A Community Survey
Malus, M., Kirmayer, L.J. & Boothroyd, L. Risk Factors for Attempted Suicide Among Inuit Youth: A Community Survey. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 3, Montreal, 1994.

Suicide in Canadian Aboriginal Populations: Emerging Trends in Research and Intervention
Kirmayer, L.J., Hayton, B.C., Malus, M., DuFour, R., Jimenez, V., Ternar, Y., Quesney, C., Ferrara, N., Yu, T. Suicide in Canadian Aboriginal Populations: Emerging Trends in Research and Intervention. Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 1, prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Montreal, 1993.

Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in First Nations and Inuit Communities
Kirmayer, L.J., Boothroyd, L.J., Laliberté, A. & Laronde Simpson, B. Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in First Nations and Iniut Communities. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 9, Montreal., 1999.

Widening the Circle: Collaborative Research for Mental Health Promotion in Native Communities
Oblin, C. & Kirmayer, L.J., Gill, K. & Robinson, E. Widening the Circle: Collaborative Research for Mental Health Promotion in Native Communities. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 8, Montreal., 1998.