Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing

Research Publications

Truth telling and truth witnessing: results from a transformative experiential learning program between Aboriginal Elders and non-Aboriginal researchers

Truth telling and truth witnessing: results from a transformative experiential learning program between Aboriginal Elders and non-Aboriginal researchers Dudgeon, P., Ryder, A., Collova, J., Selkirk, B., Derry, K., Hansen, C., … Milroy, H. (2024). Truth telling and truth witnessing: results from a transformative experiential learning program between Aboriginal Elders and non-Aboriginal researchers. Australian Journal of […]

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Walking together in friendship: Learning about cultural safety in mainstream mental health services through Aboriginal Participatory Action Research

Walking together in friendship: Learning about cultural safety in mainstream mental health services through Aboriginal Participatory Action Research Milroy, H., Kashyap, S., Collova, J., Mitchell, M., Ryder, A., Cox, Z., Coleman, M., Taran, M., Cuesta Briand, B., & Gee, G. (2024). Walking together in friendship: Learning about cultural safety in mainstream mental health services through

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Guidance in Creating Honours (Fourth Year) and Postgraduate Equity Pathways in Tertiary Psychology for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Applicants: A Report from the Equity Pathways Working Group as part of the AIPEP Community of Practice

Evaluating a social and emotional wellbeing model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach Ohan, J., McMullen, S., Clark, Y., Mackelprang, J. L., Magiati, I., Mattock, K., Narchal, R., O’Shea, M., Rahimi-Golkhandan, S., Ruby, M., Shires, A., Taylor, A., Thielking, M., Selkirk, B., Alexi,

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Evaluating a social and emotional wellbeing model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach

Evaluating a social and emotional wellbeing model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach Dudgeon, P., Carlin, E., Kate Derry, K., Alexi, J,. Mitchell, M., & Agung-Igusti, R. (2023) BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075260 ABSTRACT The delivery of services to improve Aboriginal health and well-being must centre

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Lessons Learned during a Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-Led Mental Health and Wellbeing Responses are Key

Lessons Learned during a Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-Led Mental Health and Wellbeing Responses are Key Dudgeon, P., Collova, J. R., Derry, K., & Sutherland, S. (2023). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ABSTRACT As the world journeys towards the endemic phase that follows a pandemic, public health authorities are

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An Indigenous-governed, Co-designed Approach to Improving Cultural Safety in Mental Health Services

An Indigenous-governed, Co-designed Approach to Improving Cultural Safety in Mental Health Services Prof. Helen Milroy, Dr. Shraddha Kashyap, & Dr. Jemma Collova SUMMARY Research fellows in the TIMHWB team (Dr Shraddha Kashyap and Dr Jemma Collova) were awarded a prize for best poster and lightening presentation at the Science on the Swan conference held in

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Embracing the emerging Indigenous psychology of flourishing

Embracing the emerging Indigenous psychology of flourishing Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., & Walker, R. (2023). Embracing the emerging Indigenous psychology of flourishing. Nature Reviews Psychology ABSTRACT Indigenous psychology draws on the oldest continuing knowledge systems but remains largely ignored by dominant Western psychological theories and practices. This exclusion results in ongoing negative effects on Indigenous social

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Caring for Country: Indigenous Wellbeing, Law, and Environmental Justice. Chapter from ‘Climate Change and Mental Health Equality’

Caring for Country: Indigenous Wellbeing, Law, and Environmental Justice. Chapter From ‘Climate Change and Mental Health Equality’ Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., Walker, R., Wright, M., & Sutherland, S. (2023). Caring for Country: Indigenous, wellbeing, law, and environmental justice. In R. Moore (Eds.), Climate Change and Mental Health Equality. Springer Publishing. ABSTRACT Climate change is emerging as a

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Identifying the key characteristics of a culturally safe mental health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: A qualitative systematic review protocol

Identifying the key characteristics of a culturally safe mental health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: A qualitative systematic review protocol Milroy, H., Kashyap, S., Collova, J., Platell, M., Gee, G., & Ohan, J. L. (2023).  Identifying the key characteristics of a culturally safe mental health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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Co-designing research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers of mental health services, mental health workers, elders and cultural healers

Co-designing research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers of mental health services, mental health workers, elders and cultural healers Milroy, H, Kashyap, S, Collova, J, Mitchell, M, Derry, KL, Alexi, J, et al. Co-designing research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers of mental health services, mental health workers, elders and cultural healers. Aust

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