Mental Health
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the names and images of Indigenous children who have died.
I was born and raised in the Pilbara. Before becoming a psychologist, I spent close to a decade as a child protection worker in some of our highest-risk remote Indigenous communities.
A Victorian Government announcement to put health professionals at the forefront of mental health callouts has been welcomed by the state's peak body for Aboriginal health organisations, which says th...
Current systems are not meeting the needs of First Nations people, and lack the cultural understanding and perspectives required to properly ensure mental wellbeing of young people, sector leaders hav...
Wakai Waian Healing is set to begin the second phase of its Universal Aftercare project across Zenadth Kes, with an initial focus on improving access to mental health education and regular psychology...
Set to be held in Sydney for the very first time, the Westerman Jilya Institute Indigenous Child Suicide Prevention Fundraising Gala will return in 2026.
When a world-leading Oxford sleep scientist visited Sāmoa and Aotearoa as part of a prestigious Hood Fellowship, Li'amanaia Dr Roannie Ng Shiu was already thinking beyond sleep.
Veteran suicide rates would climb under plans to impose a cap on health care funding, a prominent politician has warned in a blistering attack on the government.
This report contains the first name of an Indigenous person who has died. A First Nations woman reported suicidal thoughts and complained multiple times that she was not receiving her usual mental hea...
Animal welfare and environmental concerns have been raised following reports of incapacitated kangaroos and dead birds found within Alcoa's Pinjarra refinery.
Aboriginal health executive Monica Barolits-McCabe has been appointed the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association's (AIPA) new Chief Executive Officer.
Health practitioners working with Aboriginal people will be able to move from screening at-risk clients directly into culturally informed interviews and treatment planning online.
An innovative sand-animation video created by Aboriginal children from the Goldfields is helping spread the word about a project to identify childhood exposure to heavy metals across remote communitie...