Bartik Warren, Dixon Angela, Dart Katrina
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Hunter New England Area Health Service, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2007 Apr;15(2):135-9. doi: 10.1080/10398560701196745.
The Third National Mental Health Plan places a strong emphasis on the development of an Aboriginal mental health workforce. This paper documents the establishment, implementation and initial evaluation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Adolescent Mental Health Traineeship Program, a partnership initiative involving Hunter New England Area Health Service (HNEAHS), Hunter New England Aboriginal Mental Health (HNEAMH) and the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW), with guidance and input from additional collaborators.
The program includes: (i) employment as a child and adolescent mental health worker and professional support and supervision through HNEAHS; (ii) a mentoring program provided through HNEAMH; (iii) formal academic studies in Aboriginal Mental Health; and (iv) a clinical education and supervision program conducted through the Department of Psychological Medicine, CHW. Initial feedback suggests that this is a promising program to train Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health workers. Further evaluation will provide information about its viability and effectiveness in providing an integrated, collaborative child and adolescent mental health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
《第三次国家心理健康计划》高度重视原住民心理健康工作队伍的发展。本文记录了原住民及托雷斯海峡岛民儿童与青少年心理健康实习计划的设立、实施及初步评估情况。该计划是一项合作倡议，涉及亨特新英格兰地区卫生服务局（HNEAHS）、亨特新英格兰原住民心理健康机构（HNEAMH）以及韦斯特米德儿童医院（CHW）的心理医学部，并有其他合作伙伴提供指导和投入。
该计划包括：（i）受雇成为儿童与青少年心理健康工作者，并通过HNEAHS获得专业支持与监督；（ii）通过HNEAMH提供的指导计划；（iii）原住民心理健康方面的正规学术研究；以及（iv）由CHW心理医学部开展的临床教育与监督计划。初步反馈表明，这是一个培养原住民儿童与青少年心理健康工作者的有前景的计划。进一步评估将提供有关其在为原住民及托雷斯海峡岛民儿童及其家庭提供综合、协作的儿童与青少年心理健康服务方面的可行性和有效性的信息。
