title: Beasts of burden or organised cooperation: the story of a mental health team in remote, Indigenous Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper aims to describe the growth of a regionally-based mental health team providing services to remote Indigenous communities in far north Queensland.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By drawing on their experience, the authors are able to identify factors supporting the development and sustained capacity of integrated mental health teams, working in challenging remote settings.
authors.affiliation: Regional Psychiatrist, Remote Area Mental Health Service, Cairns and Hinterland Health and Hospital Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Leigh-Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Onnis
authors.forename: Radhika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santhanam-Martin
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skalicky
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gynther
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dyer
mesh_terms: D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D011793:Queensland; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous population; Remote Area Mental Health Service; Torres Strait Islander; history; mental health; rural care