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 »
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.
Join Prof. Pat Dudgeon (a Bardi woman from the Kimberley in Western Australia), Dr Stewart Sutherland (a Wiradjuri man) and Prof. Alan Rosen across this four part series as they discuss how, by living in harmony with nature, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are, at the same time, a strength and a priority in our response to the significant impacts of climate change and the Covid 19 pandemic.
Watch Noongar Elder and Associate Professor Ted Wikes on addressing suicide, men’s social and emotional wellbeing, the importance of culture on social and emotional wellbeing, and a message to the youth.
Watch Noongar Elder and Associate Professor Ted Wikes Read More »
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.
Yarning with Aboriginal men: Kimberley research wins a best article of the year award Read More »
10 July 2022: The Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Linda Burney MP, has described the Labor Government’s suicide prevention approach, saying it would focus on, “self-determination, respect for First Nations knowledge systems, restoration of culture and First Nations leadership of programs and services.”
Racism: Silence is violence Get up, stand up, show up for Cassius Read More »
10 July 2022: The Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Linda Burney MP, has described the Labor Government’s suicide prevention approach, saying it would focus on, “self-determination, respect for First Nations knowledge systems, restoration of culture and First Nations leadership of programs and services.”
ABS suicide data shows need for new approaches to prevention Read More »
10 July 2022: The Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Linda Burney MP, has described the Labor Government’s suicide prevention approach, saying it would focus on, “self-determination, respect for First Nations knowledge systems, restoration of culture and First Nations leadership of programs and services.”
Human rights key to Aboriginal peoples’ wellbeing Read More »
10 July 2022: The Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Linda Burney MP, has described the Labor Government’s suicide prevention approach, saying it would focus on, “self-determination, respect for First Nations knowledge systems, restoration of culture and First Nations leadership of programs and services.”
Clinical Yarning eLearning program to improve communication in Aboriginal health care Read More »
