MHP102 Social and Emotional Wellbeing (8)
Enrolment Restriction: Restricted for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
This subject provides an overview of social and emotional well-being issues, and mental health problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. These include psychological and spiritual effects on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the value of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander belief systems, the community, societies, healing and law. This subject will look at the importance of being connected to the land and the dreaming. Students will further examine the historical impact of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and as a result loss, grief and trauma are identified factors contributing to the impairment of health and well-being. Importantly this subject will investigate appropriate ways of healing within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in a contemporary context.