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Paul Callaghan, Chief Executive, Aboriginal Housing Office, NSW Department of Family and Community Services delivered this presentation at the Inaugural Integrating Mental Health into the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This conference focuses on the latest plans to integrate mental health services into a new funding scheme and how its implementation will affect the future direction of disability policy reform for people with mental illness in Australia. For more information about the event, please visit the conference website: http://www.healthcareconferences.com.au/mentalhealthndis
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Aboriginal Mental Health and the
Path to Wellbeing
Paul Callaghan, CEO
Aboriginal Housing office
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The Importance of Story
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Traditional Life Cycle
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Spirit
Birth
Childhood
Young Adult
Parenthood
Grandparent
Elder
Old Age Elder
Death
Traditional Life Cycle / Learning Model
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Spirit
Birth
Childhood
Young Adult
Parenthood
Grandparent
Elder
Old Age Elder
Death
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Traditional System ------------------------ Mind – Technical - Life Body Spirit
Cultural Identity Connection Country Connection Mob
Sense of: • Self • Place • Purpose
Wellbeing
Country Rite of Passage
Lore
Traditional Education System
Traditional Story Contemporary Story
Health 9 3
Housing 9 4
Employment 10 4
Education 10 3
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58.5 years v 79.1 male
66.2 years v 84.7 female
X2 cardiovascular death – 70% modifiable risk factors
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X2.2 high psychological distress
X2.9 self harm
X3 severe disability 35-54 years
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What is success?
Living your story
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My Story
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Community Story
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Traditional Life Cycle / Learning Model
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Spirit
Birth
Childhood
Young Adult
Parenthood
Grandparent
Elder
Old Age Elder
Death
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Traditional System ------------------------ Mind – Technical - Life Body Spirit
Cultural Identity Connection Country Connection Mob
Sense of: • Self • Place • Purpose
Wellbeing
Country Rite of Passage
Lore
Traditional Education System
Learning Systems
Support Systems
Transgenerational Pain and Trauma
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Government Policies
Lateral Violence
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4+2 Model of Wellbeing
A House
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Wall One - Education
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Wall Two – Employment
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Wall Three – A House
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Wall Four – Sense of Self
Floor – Hope
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Roof - Opportunity
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NDIS
• The NDIS will be responsible for non-clinical supports that focus on a person’s functional ability including those that enable people with mental illness to undertake activities of daily living and participate in the community and in social and economic life
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NDIS
• Functional capacity including psychosocial
– Communication
– Social interaction
– Learning
– Mobility
– Self-care
– Self-management
• Persist over a lifetime
• Participation in community and employment
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2011 208,000 population
2016 235,000
2026 303,000
2031 345,000
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Story
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