Clinicians & Front Line Workers

iBobbly

Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Communities, Young People / By Manual of Resources

iBobbly is a social and emotional wellbeing self-help app for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over. Using iBobbly for six weeks has been shown to reduce depression, distress and suicidal thinking. Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and co-designed with young people in the Kimberley, the app helps people to recognise troubling thoughts and responses, and apply more positive thinking and behaviours.
Source: Black Dog Institute

Lifeline Toolkit: Suicide Prevention Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Families, Friends & Elders, Individuals / By Manual of Resources

This toolkit helps people to recognise and take action where there is a risk of suicide.

Source: Lifeline Information Services

Supporting young Aboriginal people who self-harm: A guide for families and communities

Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Communities, Families, Friends & Elders / By Manual of Resources

Orygen partnered with The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP), which led the co-design process with community using a participatory action research approach.

This guide looks at early warning signs of self-harm, factors that may influence young First Nations people to self-harm, and how to get help, including managing a crisis and injuries.

Young Aboriginal people in Western Australia co-developed the guide with an Aboriginal expert advisory group, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health workers, local Elders, and Aboriginal families and communities from across the state.

While the guide was co-developed by, and for, Aboriginal people in Western Australia, it may be broadly applicable to First Nations families and communities right across the country.