Spotlight on WellMob: Connecting digital mental health to culturally responsive healthcare

How can mental healthcare professionals adjust their practices to better serve Indigenous clients in culturally safe, responsive and respectful ways?  <br/><br/>In this episode of Digital Mental Health Musings, Dr Tania McMahon talks to social worker Bec Pevitt and Project Officer Angela Sheridan from WellMob – an online platform that shares Indigenous knowledge and wisdom to health professionals to strengthen the social, emotional, spiritual and cultural wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by bringing together a rich collection of culturally responsive digital mental healthcare tools and resources.<br/><br/>In this conversation we chat about Indigenous approaches to mental health, like the social and emotional wellbeing model of healthcare, the differences from mainstream models of care and how culturally safe resources, developed by and with Aboriginal communities, represent best-practice healthcare for Aboriginal people leading to much better outcomes for Indigenous patients and clients. We discuss the ongoing impacts of colonisation, the legacy of intergenerational trauma from segregation policies, assimilation and the forced removal of children from families, and the resources and tools that WellMob provides access to that can help non-Indigenous health professionals understand historical cultural context when working with today’s First Nations people. <br/><br/>Check out some of the resources we discussed in this episode:<br/>WellMob: https://wellmob.org.au/<br/>Follow WellMob on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WellMobAU<br/>Follow WellMob on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wellmob/<br/>WellMob Training Resources: https://wellmob.org.au/e-health-topics/training-resources/<br/>WellMob Resource Sheets for Workers: https://wellmob.org.au/e-health-topics/training-resources/resource-sheets-for-workers/<br/>Our Words Matter: guidelines for language use: https://bit.ly/451swX7<br/>Journey of health and wellbeing: https://bit.ly/3rJ3opB