1. Integrating treatment for mental and physical disorders and substance misuse in Indigenous primary care settings.
- Author
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Nagel T, Kavanagh D, Barclay L, Trauer T, Chenhall R, Frendin J, and Griffin C
- Subjects
- Humans, Northern Territory, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated methods, Health Services, Indigenous organization & administration, Mental Health Services organization & administration, Primary Health Care organization & administration
- Abstract
Objective: Australian Indigenous peoples in remote and rural settings continue to have limited access to treatment for mental illness. Comorbid disorders complicate presentations in primary care where Indigenous youths and perinatal women are at particular risk. Despite this high comorbidity there are few examples of successful models of integrated treatment. This paper outlines these challenges and provides recommendations for practice that derive from recent developments in the Northern Territory., Conclusions: There is a strong need to develop evidence for the effectiveness of integrated and culturally informed individual and service level interventions. We describe the Best practice in Early intervention Assessment and Treatment of depression and substance misuse study which seeks to address this need.
- Published
- 2011
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