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The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) is Australia’s leading authority on Indigenous suicide. The Centre promotes evidence-based suicide prevention practice that empowers individuals, families and communities and respects their culture.
CBPATSISP Policy Concordance
A guide to Australian, State and Territory policies in Indigenous Suicide Prevention
AIPA Indigenous Suicide Prevention Forum
Workshops – 7th June 2022
Conference – 8th & 9th June 2022
Indigenous suicides by AIHW
Latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Featured Program: Equine Assisted Learning
The CBPATSISP Clearing House profiles best practice programs and services in Indigenous suicide prevention.
Manual of Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
The Manual is a collection of practical resources and tools that people, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous, can use to make a real difference in promoting positive mental health and social emotional wellbeing, and preventing suicide in our communities.
Featured Stories
We’re committed to keeping you informed with the latest stories and publications from CBPATSISP, Our Partners and the Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Sector.
Thirrili Pty Ltd have released their latest newsletter - 2021 Volume 2, Issue 3. Published March 2021
Thirrili Pty Ltd have released their latest newsletter - 2021 Volume 2, Issue 3. Published March 2021
Thirrili Pty Ltd have released their latest newsletter - 2021 Volume 2, Issue 3. Published March 2021
Ways to promote positive social and emotional wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that can help build resilience and prevent suicide will be the focus of a new postdoctoral fellowship awarded to research associate Dr Ee Pin Chang from The University of Western Australia.
Psychologists are concerned about anxiety and depression becoming long-term problems due to the pandemic, with the worst effects felt by the young and the vulnerable.
On the 26-28 October representatives from community-controlled health organisations, traditional healer groups, policy and academia, psychologists and psychiatrists, came together in Fremantle and online to share Indigenous knowledges, challenge paradigms and change the way mental health and wellbeing support for Indigenous people is planned and delivered. The Gathering was presented by the Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing (TIMHWB) project, a groundbreaking research program based at the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia. Professor Pat Dudgeon, director of the TIMHWB project, said those attending the Gathering “have the cultural and practical expertise to design empowering responses that will make a real difference in our people’s lives.
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