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Culturally responsive approach to assessing mental health and suicide prevention

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First Peoples mental health Suicide Cultural awareness
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Integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values-based social and emotional wellbeing measures within clinical assessments is crucial for developing and evaluating effective, culturally safe mental health and suicide prevention services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. 

This paper presents values-based measures recommended to be led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and implemented throughout the entire Australian mental health system.

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