The link between improved mental health outcomes for Indigenous Australians and relationships: What is the role of mental health nurses?

In this editorial, we discuss the importance of mental health nurses working alongside Indigenous mental health workers to ‘make a difference’. The cultures of the Indigenous peoples of Australia form an integral part of what it means to be Australian – as Australia's first peoples, they have been the spiritual owners and custodians of the lands upon which their communities have lived for thousands of years, upon which contemporary Australians continue to thrive.