Indigenous adolescent mental health

Indigenous adolescent mental health : what is the role of primary health care?  is a review by Caryn Butler from the PHC RIS Research Roundup series.  It summarises research on the state-of-play of Indigenous adolescent primary mental health care in Australia. The differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous concepts of mental health are presented, with Indigenous Australians more likely to be hospitalised for mental health disorders than the general Australian population. Possible reasons for this disparity are explored and suggestions are made for improvements.