Maea te toi ora : Māori health transformations / Te Kani Kingi, Mason Durie, Hinemoa Elder, Rees Tapsell, Mark Lawrence, Simon Bennett.

Includes bibliographical references.

Mental health services for Māori / Te Kani Kingi -- Transforming Mental health services / Mason Durie -- Rārangi maunga tū te ao tū te pō, rārangi tangata, ka ngaro, ka ngaro whenua, whakapapa, whānau: whakaaro Māori in family history taking / Hinemoa Elder -- The rehabilitation of a Māori mentally abnormal offender / Rees Tapsell -- He waka eke noa: ko te waka oranga rāua ko te waka kuaka, ngā rauemi e rua / Hinemoa Elder -- He tamariki wāwāhi tahā: it is in the nature of children to break things / Hinemoa Elder -- Te hauora o ngā Pakeke Māori: adult mental health / Mark Lawrence -- Transforming psychological services for Māori / Simon Bennett -- Mauri ora practice and mauri ora practitioners / Mason Durie -- Cultural perspectives on health outcomes measurement / Te Kani Kingi -- Te taiao: Māori mental health in twenty-first-century environments / Mason Durie.

In "Maea te Toi Ora: Māori Health Transformations" Māori clinicians and researchers explore the relationship between Māori culture and Māori mental health. The six contributing authors in the collection are Simon Bennett, Mason Durie, Hinemoa Elder, Te Kani Kingi, Mark Lawrence and Rees Tapsell and are all well known in the mental health field. Each discusses aspects of Māori and indigenous health and the importance of culture to diagnosis, patient history, understanding causes, treatment and assessment of outcomes. Along with a discussion of current research into and knowledge about health and culture, the authors provide case studies from their own experiences of working with Māori to restore well-being.