Intergenerational Aspects of Trauma for Australian Aboriginal People

Environmental Change and Human Health in Upper Hunter Communities of New South Wales, Australia

“…A strong sense of place identity and attachment may significantly mediate relationships between ecosystem distress and human health (Albrecht, 2001;Horwitz et al, 2001). The relationship between white settlement (as the primary manifestation of ecosystem distress, from an Indigenous perspective) and deleterious psychosocial health indicators for Indigenous people, is starkly clear in Australia, Canada, and elsewhere (O'Shane, 1995; Raphael et al, 1998). The psychological health of people living in rural landscapes, particularly with respect to suicide and depression, has been linked to a variety of factors, including access to firearms, unemployment, financial difficulties, and sense of personal loss of control over destiny (Booth et al, 2000).…”

Why Australia needs a Medical Research Future Fund

“…However, consultation rates with a medical professional in prison in the 12 months were higher for Indigenous prisoners (38%) than non-Indigenous prisoners (26%). (Raphael et al 1998;Yehuda et al 2001). …”

Die impak van intergeneratiewe trauma. Verkennende perspektiewe tesame met enkele pastorale kantaantekeninge

“…"Then, the illnesses and problems of those parents, and their premature deaths, are likely to set a further substrate for health problems for subsequent generations." (Raphael et al 1998:336.) Felitti (2004:2) toon in hierdie verband aan hoedat kinders wat in disfunksionele huise grootgeword het en aan verskeie vorme van trauma en misbruik blootgestel was, heel dikwels in hul volwasse lewe 'n verskeidenheid van liggaamlike kwellinge ervaar wat direk verband hou met die onverwerkte trauma uit hul kinderjare.…”