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Introduction:   The Koori (Aboriginal term for Indigenous people from South Eastern Australia) Kids Mental Health Network is a child, adolescent and family psychiatric service based at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Ser­vice, a community health service which is controlled by the Victorian Koori community and based in Melbourne. The Koori Kids Mental Health Network is a collaborating group of Indigenous mental health workers from the Vic­torian Aboriginal Health Service and other health services together with a network of non‐Indigenous workers from mainstream child and adolescent mental health services. Method:   This article is a distillation of a 3‐hour workshop involving seven members of the Koori Kids Mental Health Network. It comprised an introduction regarding the development of the Network, a section on the process by which Indigenous and mainstream workers have developed their working relationships and fostered each other's development according to the needs of Indigenous families, and a section on the nature of the service provided to these patients. Results:   A child and adolescent psychiatric service, relevant to the needs of the Victorian Aboriginal community, has developed through the collaborative functioning of mainstream and aboriginal mental health workers. It has been critical for the development of such a service that it be coordinated by an Aboriginal mental health worker and located within a health service administered by the Aboriginal community. The workshop enabled presentation and discussion of material leading to an understanding of the Service and its development.

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Terms of lReference. ''That the SubCommittee should examine and inquire into the existing facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of Psychological problems in childhood, and the character of the work undertaken in such places as are provided.' In this country psychological problems in childhood are dealt with by various organizations, the majority of which are recognized by the Child Guidance Council. In a pamphlet published by this Council in July, 1944, a list of 106 clinics is given for England and Wales and 21 for Scotland. There are in addition a few other clinics run by pnrvate organizations. These figures refer to 'clinics' and not to 'clinic teams', who may hold clinics in several different places. There are approximately 70 such ' teams ' in England and Wales. Group: At hos-Under auspices of or II Un-Closed pital but attached to: No. I and classi-for under III fied war Local Authority Public Health Authority 53 26 2 23 2 Education Authority ..