[ANSWER]Indigenous Assessment 2: Current Status of Australian Indigenous Mental Health

[ANSWER PREVIEW]The prevalence of Indigenous Mental Health conditions in Indigenous Australians is strongly rooted in colonialism.

The prevalence of Indigenous Mental Health conditions in Indigenous Australians is strongly rooted in colonialism. During European domination in Australia, Indigenous Australians were forcefully driven away from their ancestral lands and separated from their families, resulting in the disruption of their longstanding social fabric as well as loss of cultural and spiritual identity (Nasir et al., 2018; Shen et al., 2018). Additionally, Indigenous Australians were excluded from political participation and denied socioeconomic rights and opportunities like health, education, and employment (Dudgeon et al., 2014).

These traumatising practices were expressly sanctioned by colonial governments through racist policies such as the 1869 Aboriginal Protection Act and the 1897 Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of Opium Act. For example, the 1869 Aboriginal Protection Act institutionalised repressive control over many aspects of Indigenous Australians’ social life, including marriage, residence, and employment. State-sanctioned traumatisation of Indigenous Australians did not end after colonialism.

From the 1901 federal constitution to the 1961 Policy of Assimilation, Indigenous Australians have endured racism in virtually every sphere of their life. The 1901 constitution failed to recognise Indigenous Australians as the original inhabitants of Australia and as part of the Australian nation. Attempts to amend the constitution to include Indigenous Australians have not Indigenous Mental Health…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 2416 WORDS]

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