Professor Pat Dudgeon
BAppSc. GDip(Psych) PhD (Murdoch University) FAPS.
Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention
Works with:
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health/School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia
Professor Pat Dudgeon is from the Bardi people of the Kimberly area in Western Australia. Professor Dudgeon is a psychologist and Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. Professor Dudgeon is a Professor and Poche Research Fellow at the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia. Her area of research includes Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention. Amongst her many commitments, she is a former Commissioner of the Australian National Mental Health Commission (completed 5 year term July 2017), deputy chair of the Australian Indigenous Psychologist’s Association, chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leaders Mental Health, co-chair of the ministerial Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group and member of NHMRC Mental Health Research Advisory Committee.
Professor Dudgeon is the executive director of the National Empowerment Project: an Indigenous suicide prevention project working with eleven sites in Aboriginal communities across the country, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project and the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention.
Research areas:
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people
- Target groups (CALD, LGBTI, Rural/remote, Lived experience)
- Mental health, mental ill health
Available for:
- Research opportunities
- Funding
- Innovative approaches to suicide prevention
Notable Research
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice.
Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H. & Walker R. (Eds.)
Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra. 2014
View at
www.indigenouspsychology.com.au
Effective strategies to strengthen the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Dudgeon, P., Walker, R., Scrine, C., Shepherd, C., Calma, T., & Ring, I.
Closing the Gap Clearing House Issues paper. 2014. (12).
View at
www.aihw.gov.au
Solutions That Work: What the Evidence and Our People Tell Us. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project Report.
Dudgeon, P., Milroy, J., Calma, T., Luxford, Y., Ring, I., Walker, R., Cox, A., Georgatos, G.,& Holland, C.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project Report. 2016. Perth: University of Western Australia.
View at
www.indigenouspsychology.com.au
The Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration - A call to action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership in the Australian mental health system.
Dudgeon, P., Calma, T., Brideson, T., & Holland, C.
Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention. 2016
View at
www.indigenouspsychology.com.au
Changing the acculturation conversation: indigenous cultural reclamation in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Dawn Darlaston-Jones, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Waikaremoana Waitoki, Rogelia Pe-Pua, Le Nhat Tran & Lobna Rouhani.
Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology Second Edition. 2015. David L. Sam & John W. Berry (Eds)
View at
www.indigenouspsychology.com.au
Please note: this is not a complete list of papers this researcher has contributed to. If the research you are interested in is not listed above, please contact the researcher for more information.
Professor Pat Dudgeon
Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention
Works with:
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health/School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia