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𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 - 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 🎯 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 🎯 Find out more on the NSPTRP website here 👉 suicidepreventionproject.com.au Image Credit: NSPTRP website

Read the latest in the Koori Mail, out now 🗞️ 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 by Professor Pat Dudgeon AM. Read more here 👉 #cbpatsispinthenews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cbpatsisp.com.au/news-and-media…

Last month (24 March), Professor Pat Dudgeon AM had the pleasure of presenting at the 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, hosted by Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and Prevention United.

According to the ABS, suicide was the 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in New South Wales in 2024. For non-Indigenous people, suicide was the 19th cause of death. 👉 cbpatsisp.com.au

An open letter from Aboriginal community leaders, human rights experts, justice advocates and other notable Western Australians have issued a call for urgent reforms. Read the full letter here 👉 nit.com.au/15-04-2026/237…

On April 15, 1991, the Royal Commission issued its findings on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and made over 300 recommendations. Many of these recommendations have not been implemented, and since 1991, at least 630 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody.

Decolonising Psychology isn’t just for Indigenous Australian’s psychology. It’s about including everyone, the excluded and the mainstream, to create a better fit for the individual. Learn more in the full episode, available on your favourite platforms 👉 pfeeaao.podbean.com

On March the 28th, a 26-year-old Aboriginal man was found unresponsive by correctional officers at Darwin Correction Centre just days after the death in custody of a 25-year-old Aboriginal man in Darwin on the 24th of March.

The latest column from the Koori Mail is out now! ✨ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧 by Associate Professor Ted Wilkes AO Read the full article here → #cbpatsispinthenews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cbpatsisp.com.au/news-and-media…

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 - 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ⭐ 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 ⭐ Find out more on the Mala'la website here 👉 malala.com.au/youth-services

The Youth Empowerment Project is launching 🎉 We're beginning the journey to better understand and strengthen Social and Emotional Wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and children. Swipe right to read more 👉

According to the ABS, suicide was the4th 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Victoria in 2024. This is compared to the 17𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 for non-Indigenous people. Between 2020 and 2024, the age-standardised suicide rate was 𝟑𝟑.𝟖 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is more than 𝟑 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 the rate for non-Indigenous people. Follow @centre_of_best_practice for the latest updates on Indigenous suicide and our research on Social and Emotion Wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention. Check out our website for more information 👉 cbpatsisp.com.au #suicideprevention #socialandemotionalwellbeing #sewb #wellbeing

In this second part to A Conversation About... Culture, Connection and Indigenous Flourishing, Pat, Abi and Alan speak on the importance allowing communities the space to have a say. Access the full episode, and part 1, on your favourite podcast platform 👉 mhpn.org.au/podcasts/a-con…

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 - 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 🔥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 🔥 Deadly Thinking is just one of four programs developed by 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 (𝘙𝘙𝘔𝘏), specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is a program born from the wisdom and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, guided by the understanding that true healing comes when we 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴—𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭." - 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 Find out more on the Deadly Thinking website here 👉 deadlythinking.com.au Image Credit: Deadly Thinking Website #bestpractice #programs #suicideprevention #cbpatsisp #deadlythinking

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples enjoying high levels of Social and Emotional Wellbeing is just one of the targets of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Join Associate Professor Ted Wilkes as he tells us one solution to help close this gap. “𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 – 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 – 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬.” ~ 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈/𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘴’ 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯. #ClosetheGap #socialandemotionalwellbeing #suicideprevention #Aboriginalworkforce

According to the ABS, suicide was the 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland in 2024. This is compared to the 13𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 for non-Indigenous people. Between 2020 and 2024, the age-standardised suicide rate was 𝟐𝟔.𝟏 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Follow @centre_of_best_practice for the latest updates on Indigenous suicide and our research on Social and Emotion Wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention. Check out our website for more information 👉 cbpatsisp.com.au #suicideprevention #socialandemotionalwellbeing #sewb #wellbeing