A significant mental health gap remains between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians.
Almost 30 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people report a diagnosed mental health condition and ‘high’ or ‘very high’ levels of psychological distress, which is nearly three times that reported by non-Indigenous Australians.
SEMPHN commissions
First People’s Health and Wellbeing to provide services that meet the health and wellbeing needs of Australia’s First Peoples by providing holistic, trauma-informed, culturally safe mental health services. This includes comprehensive care coordination and links with other Aboriginal and mainstream networks and services.
Learn more about First People's Health and Wellbeing and their services by visiting their website.
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SEMPHN acknowledges the Bunurong and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies in which we work. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We also acknowledge all First Nations peoples with whom we work. Sovereignty was never ceded!