title: The Aboriginal tea ceremony: its relevance to psychiatric practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the elements of the Aboriginal tea ceremony and its relevance to psychiatric practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through the Aboriginal tea ceremony, the mental health professional is able to convey that care and concern balance experience and expertise. These underpinning principles have wide application.
authors.affiliation: Remote Area Mental Health Service, Queensland Health, Queensland, Australia. Ernest_hunter@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D003469:Culture; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013662:Tea
chemical_list: D013662:Tea