4 October 2023: A national system of accountability is needed to ensure findings by coroners
are used to inform suicide prevention measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people, according to the results of an Australian-first research project released today.
Leading Indigenous psychologist Professor Pat Dudgeon AM is calling for more resources to help communities tackle rising rates of suicide, particularly among Indigenous people.
Indigenous-led response urgently needed to address escalating suicide crisis Read More »
The Center for Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander SuicidePrevention (CBPATSISP) proudly supports the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to the Parliament.
CBPATSISP Supports the Voice to Parliament Referendum Read More »
The CBATSISP has commissioned local Perth animated film-makers Luisa Mitchell and Rhadeya Jegatheva to produce a short, animated video “Our Wellbeing, Our Way: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing”. The video tells the story of how colonisation has impacted the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities; the importance of self-determination towards a path of healing; and the ways people and communities today strengthen their social and emotional wellbeing.
On World Suicide Prevention Day 2023, we are sharing a short video series that brings together esteemed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and Leaders.
Elders and Leaders Voices: Messages of Hope Read More »
Six Indigenous global leaders in mental health and wellbeing from four colonised countries, shared their experiences of walking in two worlds and of navigating mental health systems to ensure the wellbeing, healing and self-determination of indigenous peoples.
Decolonising mental health systems: Global experiences of wellbeing Read More »
New Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP) resources relating to Indigenous Psychology and social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) were developed.
New Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP) resources Read More »
Participants at last week’s fourth Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering (SEWB 4) in Larrakia Country (Darwin), focused on the importance of ‘Culture First’ and particularly its importance to healing.
Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering focused on Culture First Read More »
A coroner has accepted expert opinion that the life of Stanley Inman Jnr, a Noongar and Wirlomin man who died in Acacia Prison outside Perth at nineteen years of age, could have been saved if there had been culturally safe care provided to him.
A landmark study has shed light on the harrowing challenges faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQI youth in Australia. The first-of-its-kind ‘Walkern Katatdjin: Rainbow Knowledge’ national survey exposed the stark reality of suicide attempts and pervasive psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQI youth.
