The durability of ayahuasca's effects on mental health and the influence clinical diagnoses therapeutic response is unclear. Adults with no prior exposure to ayahuasca (n = 66) participating in neo-shamanic ceremonies completed questionnaires at baseline, 7 days, 1, 6, 12 months. Mixed models were used characterize temporal trajectories health, alcohol cannabis use, affect, personality, spirituality, relationships examine longevity individuals without a depressive or anxiety disorder. After...

We report here selected findings from a mixed-methods study investigating the role of Australian rare disease patient organisations (RDPOs) in research. Despite there being many examples RDPOs that have initiated and supported significant scientific advances, is little information - none at all Australia about generally, their research-related goals, activities, experiences. This pre-requisite for understanding what bring to research how involvement could be strengthened.We reviewed 112 RDPO...

Background: Previous research suggests that Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) has a positive effect on symptoms of depression. ICBT appears to be more effective with therapist support, but it is unclear what this support should comprise. General practitioners (GPs) have attitudes toward ICBT. However, rarely used in regular care general practice. More warranted integrate the potential as part care. Objective: The aim study was explore aspects perceived by GPs affect...

Background: Naturalistic and placebo-controlled studies suggest ayahuasca, a potent psychedelic beverage originating from Indigenous Amazonian tradition, may improve mental health, alter personality structure, reduce alcohol drug intake. To better understand ayahuasca's therapeutic potential to identify factors that influence efficacy, we conducted naturalistic, longitudinal study of facilitated ayahuasca consumption in naïve participants using comprehensive battery self-report...

This paper examines young people's perceived vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their efforts create a sense of personal safety within an environment in which risks may be high where STIs are highly stigmatised. The reports on findings from research involving both Indigenous non-Indigenous 16- 25-year-olds remote, rural regional Australia, including communities the Northern Territory, Western Australia South Australia. study used qualitative methods, body mapping...

Objective There is a need to adapt pathways care promote access mental health services for Indigenous people in Australia. This study explored community and service provider perspectives of well-being ways at risk depressive illness. Design A participatory action research framework was used inform the development an agreed early intervention pathway; thematic analysis Setting 2 remote communities Northern Territory. Participants Using snowball purposive sampling, 27 providers members with...

Abstract Background Although long-term alcohol and tobacco use have widely been recognised as important risk factors for cancer, the impacts of health policies on cancer mortality not examined in previous studies. This study aims to estimate association key policy or events Australia with changes overall five specific types between 1950s 2013. Methods Annual population-based time-series data 1911 2013 per capita consumption head neck (lip, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx oesophagus), lung,...

In Australia, Indigenous young women are more likely to become pregnant while in their teens than non-Indigenous women. Factors such as poverty, educational outcomes and unemployment play a major role; however, there is little understanding of the attitudes themselves with regards pregnancy. This paper explores women's decisions regarding sexual relationships pregnancy remote Australian Aboriginal community, called River Town. It focuses on motivations pursue information about sex male...

Abstract This paper explores the aspirations of a group young women in remote Aboriginal community Northern Territory Australia. It examines how their hopes and expectations are influenced by reality everyday lives extent to which they able influence course become agents for change own communities. As with adolescents lower socio-economic groups, majority River Town have not developed life goals or clear strategies achieve these goals. The choices that constrained narrow range experience, is...

This article describes the application and adaptation of body mapping as a tool for exploring sexual health decision making among young people aged 16–25. It argues that while engaged youth to discuss general issues, were reluctant engage with issues related health, due feelings shame fear stigma. Sexual case scenarios developed used in conjunction body‐mapping exercises. The use was an effective way explore sensitive information, protecting from revealing any specific identifiable...

<h3>Importance</h3> Understanding whether the population-level consumption of alcohol and tobacco is associated with cancer mortality a crucial question for public health policy that has not been answered by previous studies. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine temporal associations overall in Australian population, looking across different sex age groups. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This population-based cohort study conducted time series analysis (autoregressive integrated moving...

This article provides a critical discussion of the social determinants health framework and compares it with theoretical perspectives, such as that offered by assemblage theory, offering an alternative view complex interplay between human relationships structures around us. We offer ethnographic perspective, discussing lived experiences in Indigenous community remote part northern Australia.

Young adults are known to adopt Facebook (FB) sabbaticals as a coping strategy for FB-induced technostress, which often linked problematic overuse habits. Yet, there has been little investigation of how young experience, navigate, and negotiate FB the impact this on their social connections overall well-being. To address this, we conducted qualitative study six adults, aged 18–34 understand sabbatical experiences, they negotiated during sough explain reasons associated with return FB. We...

Recently, social determinants of health frameworks are receiving some criticism in that they do not engage with questions related to individual subjectivity and agency as relate decision‐making behavior. This article examines the different ways which people living a remote Arnhem Land community Northern Territory Australia, take responsibility for their own extent able prevent illness. A number sub‐questions explored relating how perceive role care community, including engagement clinic,...

The subject of mental health has been discussed for some time in the literature on Australian Aboriginal peoples, although volume this work relatively small. This can be separated into two main approaches. first concerned with documenting and analyzing disorders that are culturally specific to a particular group. second, more recent body understands issues as resulting from combination factors related effects colonization, such loss land, poverty, destruction families. is often aimed at...

This interpretive study explores the relationship between spatial qualities and school-parent engagement in three primary schools which serve low income periurban Indigenous families north Australia. Drawing from interviews with educators parents, school-based observations community fieldwork conducted over course of two years different towns, we found that are very concerned schools, as western institutions, present cultural physical barriers to effective engagement; but this view is not...

The burden of chronic disease in Indigenous Australia is more than double that non-Indigenous populations and even higher remote Northern Territory (NT) communities. Sufficient levels physical activity are known to reduce the risk improve health those already suffering from disease. It has been identified effective promotion settings requires diverse cultural perspectives participation people. However, concepts not represented public literature examples involvement scarce. This study aimed...

Drawn from a sample of 88 Indigenous young people in five locations urban and remote Northern Australia, this research utilised combination qualitative approaches to encourage discuss their ideas about sexual relationships violence. youth discussed highly public displays violence, as well violence within intimate settings the interrelationships between these two arenas. A key finding was that described an accepted part normalisation led significant tensions experiences management everyday...

Men aged 85 years and over have the highest rate of suicide any age or gender group in Australia. However, little is known about their trajectory toward suicide. The objective this study was to understand role masculine norms other life factors suicidality older men. Thirty-three men 80 more took part a semistructured focus interview, and/or completed survey. Participants were asked issues facing men, well-being aging, physical health challenges, social support, mental help-seeking,...