Could First Nations Wisdom and Experience Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing?

First Nations health advocates say the latest report on Closing the Gap Targets shows traditional approaches to mental health are clearly not working.

In a supplied image, Professor Pat Dudgeon delivers the opening keynote of the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Conference in Adelaide, SA, Australia; Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Racism remains prevalent after the failed voice referendum gave Australia permission to stage a “redneck jamboree”, an Indigenous health conference has been told. (PR IMAGE/Supplied by This Is Creative) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, AAP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT IMAGE TO BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE IMAGE WAS PROVIDED - FOR REPORTING ON THE EVENTS OR FACTS DEPICTED IN THE IMAGE. Credit: Emily Watson/PR IMAGE

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Could First Nations Wisdom and Experience Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing?

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First Nations health advocates say the latest report on Closing the Gap Targets shows traditional approaches to mental health are clearly not working.

The report released last month found just 4 of the 19 targets are on track.

Among those targets Australia is failing to meet, the country is moving backward when it comes to reducing suicide rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people , which are now more than three times higher than for non Indigenous Australians.

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