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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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COVID-19 National Roundtable Issues Paper 2​

COVID-19 National Roundtable Issues Paper 2 Dudgeon, P., Collova, J. R., Sutherland, S., Derry, K., Milroy, H., Al Yaman, F., Alexi, J., Ansloos, J., Banjavcic-Booker, S., Bower, M., Brand, T., Bandler, L., Brideston, T., Calma, T., Campbell, M., Chang, E.P., Cox, A., Daniels, G., Darwin, L., Douglas, R., Duarte, B., Dyall, D., Edwige, V., Gibson, P., Gotovac, N.,

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Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering 2 Report: 26th -28th October 2021

Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering 2 Report: 26th- 28th October 2021 Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Project (2021).  Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering 2 Report: 26th-28th October 2021. The University of Western Australia. https://doi.org/10.26182/x3rf-jq03  SUMMARY Over three days in October 2021, delegates from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies, community organisations, leaders and

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COVID-19 National Roundtable Discussion Paper

COVID-19 National Roundtable Discussion Paper Dudgeon, P., Collova., J.R. Sutherland., S., Derry, K., & Milroy, H. (2021). The  Impacts of COVID-19 on the Wellbeing and Mental Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: A Discussion Paper.  Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Grant, The University of Western Australia, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health.   

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Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering – March 2021

Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering – March 2021 TIMHWB. (2021). Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering: 30-31 March 2021. Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Grant, The University of Western Australia, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. SUMMARY Over two days in March 2021, delegates from across Australia attended a gathering in Perth, Western Australia, to discuss social

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AHCWA – ACCHS Social & Emotional Wellbeing Service Model

AHCWA – ACCHS Social and Emotional Wellbeing Service Model AHCWA. (2021). ACCHS Social and Emotional Welbeing Service Model. AHCWA. SUMMARY Aboriginal people have a holistic conceptualisation of health. Community, Family, Culture, Spirituality, Language, Country, Emotions and the Physical are all seen as integral in both an individual, and a community, for achieving and sustaining health.

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Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture. Lifeline Report.

Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture. Lifeline Report. Dudgeon, P., Smallwood, G., Bray, A., Walker, R. & Dalton, T. (2020). Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture. Lifeline Report. https://www.lifeline.org.au/about/our-research/connection-and-culture-report  ABSTRACT This review summarises the emerging research and  knowledge, key themes and principles surrounding  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural perspectives and concepts of

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Kimberley Empowerment, Healing and Leadership Program Evaluation: Final report to Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services.

Kimberley Empowerment, Healing and Leadership Program Evaluation: Final report to Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services. Carlin, E., Seear, K., Spry, E., Ferrari, K. (2020). Kimberley Empowerment, Healing and Leadership Program Evaluation: Final report to Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services. University of Western Australia, Rural Clinical School. https://doi.org/10.26182/f307-zc62 ABSTRACT The 2011 Kimberley ‘Hear Our Voices’ Report (1) highlighted the impact of

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A National COVID-19 Pandemic Issues Paper on Mental Health and Wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

A National COVID-19 Pandemic Issues Paper on Mental Health and Wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Dudgeon, P., Derry, K. L., Arabena, K., Brideson, T., Cairney, S., Calma, T., Dalton, T., Darwin, L., Duarte, B., Dyall, D., Gee, G., Gibson, P., Gray, P., Groth, A., Hirvonen, T., Holland, C., Mascall, C., McPhee, R.,

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International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 – Mental health care

International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 – Mental health care S. Rosenberg, J. Mendoza and H. Tabatabaei-Jafari et al., (2020), International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 – Mental health care, Health Policy and Technology. ABSTRACT Aim: To summarise commonalities and variations in the mental health response to COVID-19 across dif- ferent

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