Reflections on integrating mental health into primary health care services in remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-69

  Haswell Elkins, Melissa ^a   Hunter, Ernest ^b   Nagel, Tricia ^c   Thompson, Carolyn ^c   Hall, Brenda ^a   Mills, Robert ^c   Wargent, Rachael ^a   Tsey, Komla ^e   Knowles, Leanne ^d   Wilkinson, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Wuchopperen Health Service   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cape York and Northern Territory; Mental health; Primary health care; Remote Indigenous communities; Self care; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 25144443708     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY05023     Document Type: Review

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