[Commpsych] FW: book reviews

[Lauren BREEN]

Hi everyone,

Another book for review for The Australian Community Psychologist. The book is - 'Working Together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice' (further details below).

If you are interested in reviewing this for inclusion in The Australian Community Psychologist, can you please let me know? Ideally the review would be published in the November 2010 issue. I can get a copy to you or you can order it FREE following the instructions below.

Kind regards,

Lauren
(Editor, The Australian Community Psychologist)
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Lauren Breen, PhD MAPS
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Social Justice Research Centre
School of Psychology and Social Science
Edith Cowan University
270 Joondalup Drive
JOONDALUP 6027
Western Australia

Email: l.breen at ecu.edu.au

The Working Together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice has just been released. The production of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing book was a collaboration between the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) and the Institute’s Kulunga Research Network funded through the Department of Health and Ageing.

The book is intended for staff and student and all practitioners working in areas that support Indigenous mental health and wellbeing and is being offered free of charge.  Please go to Kulunga website at the Telethon Institute for Child Health research http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/kulunga/working_together to peruse the electronic version of the book and access the order forms for hard copies.

Working Together offers new approaches to Indigenous mental health that acknowledge the importance of cultural identity and resilience as well as the pervasive effects of racism, and the disempowerment of colonisation and assimilationist policies.

The book incorporates culturally specific clinical mental health assessment processes and culturally appropriate treatment interventions.

This book has been widely endorsed by relevant Australian Government Ministers and senior personnel in their departments reviewed by peer across several disciplines, as well as market tested in three sites across Australia. The feedback has been very positive and inspiring and testimony to your commitment to produce a high quality, comprehensive examination of issues and strategies influencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander mental health and wellbeing.

Obtaining Hard Copies
Please email your contact details to enquiry at ichr.uwa.edu.au<https://staffmail.ecu.edu.au/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>  specifying the number of hard copies to be delivered for your organisation, staff or students. We will be keeping a register so would appreciate receiving a brief description or copy of your dissemination list (number of people, organisations covered etc.) if you disseminate information or books more widely.

We hope you find the book useful and look forward to your feedback in the future.

regards

Dr Roz Walker


Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, Western Australia, 6008
PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia, 6872
Ph +61 8 9489 7952  Fax +61 8 9489 7700
Mobile: 0427 011 023
Email: rozw at ichr.uwa.edu.au<https://staffmail.ecu.edu.au/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>
Adjunct Associate Professor
Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Curtin University of Technology

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