Manual of Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
Interview with Paul Callaghan, author, consultant and proud Worimi man from Port Stephens in NSW, who shares his lived experience of depression, and discusses the importance of connection to Aboriginal culture and spirituality for his wellbeing.
Source: Black Dog Institute
Aunty Anne Dennis joins the dots between the decimation of Aboriginal culture, and the impact of grief and trauma on Aboriginal people’s day-to-day lives. She talks about improving social and emotional wellbeing by reintroducing cultural knowledge back into young people’s lives.
Source: Desert Pea Media
We Were Just Little Boys describes the stories of survivors of the Kinchella Boys Home, where an estimated 400 to 600 Aboriginal children were exposed to routine acts of cultural genocide.
Source: Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation YouTube Channel
This resources describes how grief, loss and intergenerational trauma can affect children, and gives advice to families about how to respond.
Source: Trauma & Grief Network
This resources describes how past traumas can have a lasting effect on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including new generations.
Source: Trauma & Grief Network
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
This Powerpoint presentation describes the roles of language and culture in the social and emotional wellbeing of people in the East Kimberley. From a 2019 Empowered Communities workshop.
Source: Binarri Binyja Yarrawoo
This is a collection of conversation guides, posters and video stories under the headline: “Ask Your Mob, In Your Way, R U OK?” Sign up with an email address and phone number to get immediate access to all the downloads, which support people to have conversations with family members, friends and others who may be struggling.
Source: RUOK
This animated short video accompanies the Little Red Threat Book, and provides advice for when someone threatens to end their life to get something they want.
Source: Central Australia Life Promotion Network
This animated short video accompanies the Little Red Threat Book, and provides advice for when someone threatens to end their life to get something they want.
Source: Central Australia Life Promotion Network