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	Podcast:		All In The Mind
	Episode:		Why we need more Indigenous psychologists
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:29:09
	Publish Date:		2020-02-16 01:30:00
	Description:		Indigenous people in Australia are having a very difficult time finding a psychologist who understands Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history. Sometimes Indigenous patients seeking treatment have been denied a voice, and the reality of their situation. There are about 800,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, but only 218 Indigenous psychologists. Australia needs more of them—and we look at what many mainstream psychologists fail to understand about Indigenous patients.
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