Living on the Edge: Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Risk and Protective Factors for Serious Psychological Distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Abstract:

This is the tenth in the CRC for Aboriginal Health's Discussion Paper Series. This paper has been prepared by the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA) to generate discussionaround the determinants of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB), and to provide a range of recommendations for addressing the current gap in social and emotional wellbeing between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.