Hartman David, Wallis Gloria, Drahm Michael, Unwin Ron, Robinson Dane
Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Service, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S88-91. doi: 10.1080/10398560902948589.
A week-long intensive outreach project to the Indigenous community of Napranum was undertaken by a Community Forensic Mental Health Service with the aim of developing the community's capacity for primary and secondary prevention of forensic mental health problems.
The process of developing and implementing the project is described. The outcome is evaluated by means of qualitative feedback from community members and participants.
The project was requested by the local community; planning involved extensive consultation between Queensland Health, community leaders and local service providers; and it was delivered with extensive contributions from other Queensland Health services, various non-government organizations, Indigenous opinion-leaders and public media, and an NRL football team. The outcomes are sustainable at a local level.
This form of community engagement may contribute to destigmatization of mental illness in Indigenous communities, increased engagement between these communities and mental health service providers, and increased cohesiveness and morale of these communities.
一个社区法医精神卫生服务机构针对纳普拉努姆原住民社区开展了为期一周的密集外展项目，旨在培养该社区对法医精神卫生问题进行一级和二级预防的能力。
描述了该项目的开发和实施过程。通过社区成员和参与者的定性反馈对结果进行评估。
该项目是应当地社区的要求开展的；规划过程中昆士兰卫生部门、社区领袖和当地服务提供者进行了广泛磋商；项目实施过程中得到了昆士兰其他卫生服务机构、各种非政府组织、原住民意见领袖、公共媒体以及一支国家橄榄球联盟足球队的大力支持。项目成果在当地层面具有可持续性。
这种社区参与形式可能有助于消除原住民社区对精神疾病的污名化，增进这些社区与精神卫生服务提供者之间的互动，并增强这些社区的凝聚力和士气。
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