As a psychology student I find this information to be very crucial in a psychological field, allowing psychologists to work with clients from a vast array of cultural diversities. Psychologists need to be properly educated on being culturally competent and aware, particularly on matters involving the stolen generation. Children were taken from their families under duress, compulsion and undue influence, where they were assimilated into the ‘white society’ and sent to mission stations (Clay, 2002). These horrendous events left a legacy of families in ordeal, which continues to affect Indigenous Australian communities. This essentially led to an uprising in mental health disorders amongst Indigenous Australians, such as depression initiating
