Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice

Purdie, Nola, Dudgeon, Pat and Walker, Roz (ends)

ISBN 10: 1742410901 / ISBN 13: 9781742410906

Published by Department of Health and Ageing, Aust Govt, Canber, 2010

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AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal -This report offers a comprehensive examination of issues and strategies influencing the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. It covers the background to the issues and presents examples of models and programs for practitioners working with different groups. Foreword by Tom Calma. 280215/0417/0221/140925 xxxii, 299 p. : col. ill., 1 map, ports. ; 30 cm. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice
• Publisher: Department of Health and Ageing, Aust Govt, Canber
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1742410901
• ISBN 13: 9781742410906
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: FINE!
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Synopsis

“Designed for practitioners and mental health workers, as well as students training to be mental health workers, I am confident that the publication of Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice marks a watershed in the treatment of Indigenous mental health issues.”
Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

A new book on social and emotional wellbeing Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice, edited by Nola Purdie, Pat Dudgeon and Roz Walker was released in July 2010.
It was developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research and the Kulunga Research Network, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research with funding through the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
The book offers a high quality, comprehensive examination of issues and strategies influencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and social and emotional wellbeing.