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FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

Mental health, criminal justice and culture: some ways forward?

(Clinical Psychologist and Consultant) & (Professor)
Pages 325-330 | Published online: 18 Aug 2011
 

Abstract

Objective: This paper aims to offer an overview of the mental health needs of Indigenous men and women in the criminal justice system and how Indigenous cultural perspectives on mental health might influence forensic mental health service provision.

Conclusion: There is a need for both mental health and criminal justice agencies to collaborate more closely in developing new models of service provision that incorporate Indigenous perspectives on social and emotional wellbeing, recognize culturally specific mental health risk and protective factors in relation to prevention, early intervention and treatment, and take advantage of the opportunities for treatment that arise in the context of criminal justice system intervention.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This paper arose from a larger project funded by the Koori Justice Unit, Department of Justice, Victoria.

DISCLOSURE

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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