Working with emotional distress. Can Aboriginal and Maori knowledge and healing ways improve mental health service response to the needs of Indigenous people?

• Date:

  5 March 2013

• Location:

  Adelaide, South Australia

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well-Being and the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, in collaboration with the Dulwich Centre Foundation invite members of the public to the inaugural seminar in a public seminar series Aboriginal knowledge in the academy (AKA), Working with emotional distress. Can Aboriginal and Maori knowledge and healing ways improve mental health service response to the needs of Indigenous people.

Presenters include:

• Colin Weetra
• Wiremu NiaNia
• Allister Bush
• Anthea Krieg
• Tim Carey
• Dennis McDermott.

The seminar will be of interest to:

• career counselors
• university staff
• students
• researchers
• future students
• employers
• government departments and agencies.

Contacts

Di Autio
Ph: (08) 7221 8599
Email: di.autio@flinders.edu.au

Links

• View information: Working with emotional distress. Can Aboriginal and Maori knowledge and healing ways improve mental health service response to the needs of Indigenous people?
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