The pattern of psychiatric morbidity in a Victorian urban aboriginal general practice population.
Victorian Aboriginal people, most of whom live an urban lifestyle, form a distinct cultural group within the wider Victorian community. This paper describes a unique psychosocial study of urban Aboriginal adults attending a general practitioner at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Fitzroy. The frequency and nature of psychiatric disorders among survey respondents is reported, together with a discussion of the association between this morbidity and certain sociodemographic variables.
McKendrick
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University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria.
Cutter
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Mackenzie
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Chiu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs