The insidious problem inside: Mental health problems of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Heffernan, Edward ^a   Andersen, Kimina ^a   Kinner, Stuart ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Custody; Indigenous; Mental health; Mental illness; Prison

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; EMOTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRISON; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; ADDICTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; META ANALYSIS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70349326202     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560902948696     Document Type: Review

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