Culturally Appropriate Assessment of Depression and Anxiety in Older Torres Strait Islanders: Limitations and Recommendations.

Sarah G Russell Rachel Quigley Fintan ThompsonBetty SagigiGavin MillerDina LoGiudice Kate Smith Edward Strivens Nancy A Pachana

Published in: Clinical gerontologist (2022)

• Current mental health screening tools are not applicable for the Torres Strait• More work is required to determine how symptoms of depression and anxiety are expressed within Torres Strait communities.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
clinical practice
depressive symptoms