title: Indigenizing mental health services: New Zealand experience.
abstract: Mental health services in New Zealand have been significantly altered by Māori cultural values. Since 1980, a monocultural approach has given way to the incorporation of Māori language, Māori health perspectives, and Māori psychological frameworks in the assessment, treatment, and care of patients. Māori provider organizations, an expanded Māori health workforce, and Māori leadership have been crucial catalysts for the transformation. The shifts have paralleled similar changes in other sectors, reflecting a broader societal movement within which indigeneity has received greater acknowledgement. The author's bicultural background, psychiatric training, and inclusion in Māori networks were important for promoting the transformation.
authors.affiliation: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. m.h.durie@massey.ac.nz
authors.forename: Mason
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durie
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019303:Multilingualism; D009520:New Zealand; D012945:Social Values