http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=85.914  

Indigenous mental health guidelines

The Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Indigenous people have been developed by the Orygen Youth Health Research Centre with funding from beyondblue. They have been developed using the Delphi method, which is a systematic way of assessing the consensus of a panel of experts. The guidelines consist of first aid actions that have been rated as important or essential by an expert panels of professionals, consumers and carers.

See the download links for the following resources at http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=7.980#indigenous

• Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
  
• Cultural Considerations and Communication Techniques
  
• Depression Guidelines
  
• Psychosis Guidelines
  
• Trauma Guidelines
  
• Problem Drinking Guidelines
  
• Problem Drug Use Guidelines
  
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours and deliberate self-injury

With funding from beyondblue the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist (RANZCP) developed a website to provide mental health professionals with information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health issues aiming to improve life outcomes. The website is managed by RANCP and is accessible to all mental health professionals as well as members of the general public. It is an interactive and flexible website with reading materials and includes seven training modules that cover a range of mental heath issues across the lifespan and they address various fields of practice.

Visit the website here. http://indigenous.ranzcp.org/