Mental Illness in Indigenous Women

Running head: CONFERENCE PROPOSAL i
CONTEXT TO MENTAL HEALTH INDUSTRY A
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CONFERENCE PROPOSAL ii
Table of Contents
Mental Illness in Indigenous Women..........................................................................................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................1
The Background Information: Mental Illness in Indigenous Women..........................................................1
Research Question, Objective and Hypothesis Description.........................................................................3
Description of the Research Question.........................................................................................................4
The description of how to answer the research question by comparison between the indigenous and non-
indigenous women mental illness................................................................................................................5
Methodology...............................................................................................................................................5
Significance of the study.............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7

Running head: CONFERENCE PROPOSAL 1
Mental Illness in Indigenous Women
Introduction
Mental health problems are rampant among indigenous women in Australia. There are a
number of problems they encounter which contribute to these mental problems which include;
racism, violence, marginalization and the cultural background. Additionally, the role of women
in the society whereby they act as mothers, sisters, grandmothers, daughters, partners, wives and
their responsibilities as family caretakers. The social way of life women and their family roles
leaves them highly vulnerable to mental health problems.
The rate of mental illness in Australia for the indigenous women in 2010 was very high in
comparison to that of the non-indigenous women (Yelland, Sutherland, & Brown, 2010). The
issues faced the indigenous women and are well documented clearly and have been brought to
the attention of the authorities and the public by different initiatives. Generally, the poor state of
Indigenous Australian ladies' social and emotional prosperity is a region of developing concern
and is the focal point of this proposal.
The Background Information: Mental Illness in Indigenous Women
Mental illness is psychiatric conduct that causes noteworthy distress or hindrance of
individual normal behavior (Zahran et al, 2011). Features might be constant, backsliding and
remitting, or happen as a solitary scene. Many have been portrayed, with signs and symptoms
that fluctuate generally between explicit disorders. Issue of gender is highly related to the
predominance of a certain psychological issue, including misery, anxiety and substantial
complaints. Women are bound to be easily diagnosed with depression, while men are bound to
be easily diagnosed with substance abuse and standoffish identity disorder.