Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing
Development of a Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Workforce Training Program: Workshop Summary ABSTRACT This report summarises the discussions of a 2-day workshop held by CBPATSISP and TIMHWB in May 2025 on the needs of SEWB workers and the development of a SEWB Workforce Training Program. SEWB workers from Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and Aboriginal […]
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
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
Chapter 3: Indigenous Psychology in Australia Dudgeon, P., Alexi, J., Selkirk, B., Derry, K. (2022). Chapter 3: Indigenous Psychology in Australia. In L. Burton, D. Weston, R. Kowalski (6th Edition), Psychology, Sixth Australian and New Zealand Edition. John Wiley & Sons Australia. Abstract The new sixth edition of the Burton Psychology is the gold standard
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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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Connection to community Dudgeon P, Bray A, Blustein S, Calma T, McPhee R, Ring I, and Clarke R (2022). Connection to community. Produced for the Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government. Cat. no. IMH 9. Canberra: AIHW. Abstract Connections to community are an important source of
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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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Connection between family, kinship and social and emotional wellbeing Dudgeon, P., Blustein, S., Bray, A., Calma, T., McPhee, R., & Ring, I. (2021). Connection between family, kinship and social and emotional wellbeing. Produced for the Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse. Cat. no. IMH 4. Canberra: AIHW. https://www.indigenousmhspc.gov.au/publications/family-kinship ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
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Beyond evidence-deficit narratives in Indigenous suicide prevention Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., Ring, I., & McPhee, R. (2021). Beyond evidence-deficit narratives in Indigenous suicide prevention. The Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse. Cat. no. IMH 6. Canberra: AIHW. https://www.indigenousmhspc.gov.au/publications/evidence-deficit-narratives ABSTRACT Most of the evidence for suicide and suicide-related behaviour in the community is not reported
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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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