Mental Health in Indigenous People: Aetiological Factors and Nursing Interventions

Mental Health Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Contemporary literature..........................................................................................................1
Aetiological factors relating to mental illness in Indigenous people ....................................1
Nursing based intervention ....................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous people of the Australia mainland and
most of from its islands, such as Torres strait islanders, Tiwi islands, Tasmania. Although they
are managing there health with the help of collective community approach and health care
knowledge (De Leeuw, , 2018). But there is the still higher burden of disease in indigenous
people due to the due to the ill health living condition. Indigenous Australians experienced a
burden of disease 2.3 times more then the rate of non- indigenous Australian. Due to the mental
health disorders, cardiovascular disease and so on. In this report this mental health contemporary
issue, according to which indigenous people are hospitalised for mental health issues twice then
the rate of non indigenous, is going to be discuss (Jones, Jacklin, and O'Connell, 2017). So the
different aetiological factors relating to mental illness in indigenous people is going to be assess.
Analysis of the evidenced based cultural sensitive nursing intervention is going to be done in-
order identify it for implementation when working with an indigenous consumers who are
experiencing mental illness. So the main purpose of this report is to study the mental health
illness of ingenious people and development or analysis of the effective care and control
intervention.
MAIN BODY
Contemporary literature
According to the research of Kayley Butten (2020) In indigenous people the most
effecting health issue is substance use and any mental disorder which is two time more then the
non-indigenous Australian. The higher burden of mental health, majorly the substance use
mental disorder is increasing the demand of evidence based nursing care practices. Adults and
youngsters of indigenous community is at higher risk due to the ill life style. Below is the brief
discussion on mental health disorder in indigenous people and its aetiological factors (Povey, and
et. al., 2016).
Aetiological factors relating to mental illness in Indigenous people
There are the various mental health illness causing factors which is the reason of higher
rate of mental illness in indigenous people of Australia, below is the brief illustration of causing
factors.
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