[ANSWER]Assignment 1 & 2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan

Since the settlement of Europeans and beginning of colonisation in Australia more than three centuries ago, Indigenous Australians have experienced intergenerational trauma [ Mental Health and Wellbeing] that continues shaping their lives to date. According to a recent report authored by The Senate’s (2018) Community Affairs References Committee, intergenerational trauma is a significant predictor of mental illness among ATSIs. The report further notes that this trauma is not only passed from one generation to another, but also accumulates across the lifespan.

Collective intergenerational trauma is a phenomenon with devastating implications for the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. Not only has this trauma caused community breakdown in this vulnerable group, it has exposed it to a greater prevalence of mental illness and presented barriers to its access to mental health services (Waterworth et al., 2015).

Indeed, despite being 2-3 times more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to experience psychological distress (Form et al., 2012), Indigenous Australians have considerably lower access to mental health services (Langham et al., 2017). What intergenerational trauma has done to ATSIs is that it has led to a build-up of resentment, frustration, and a sense of disenfranchisement. These effects manifest in the higher incidence of mental illness in this group. Intergenerational trauma among Indigenous Australians is attributable to…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 2070 WORDS]

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