Manual of Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

Life Giving Music and Dance

This video was driven by key figures in the communities of Galiwin’ku and Milingimbi, telling the story in Djambarrpuynu of how music, dancing and singing can improve mental health for Yolgnu people by sustaining identity and resilience.

Source: EG Productions commissioned by the former NT Medicare Local

More Suggested Resources

This short resource describes basic cultural competencies for clinical staff to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families. Source: Queensland Government

Dear Son shares letters written by Indigenous men about life, masculinity, love, culture and racism. Along with his own prose and poetry, author and editor Thomas Mayor invited 12 contributors, including Joe Williams, Stan Grant and Troy Cassar-Daley, to write a letter to their son, father or nephew, in a book that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander manhood. Source: Hardie Grant Publishing

These podcasts include young people in conversations about healing, addressing intergenerational trauma, identity and confronting racism. Source: Healing Foundation

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