‘For Aborigines, mental health must be considered in the wider Aboriginal context of health and well being. This requires that this health issue be approached in the social emotional context and that both social emotional health and psychiatric disorders encompass oppression, racism, environmental circumstances, economic factors, stress, trauma, grief, cultural genocide and ill health.’
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, 1993
Nggangganawili Aboriginal Health Service delivers a range of services aimed at building support for the social and emotional wellbeing of the Indigenous community. Our key programs in this area are around: