Topics: Healing

This list is a topic specific collection of information relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. It includes peer reviewed original articles and reports and non-peer reviewed summaries or reviews published in the HealthBulletin. Journal articles, reports and other publications, conference presentations, theses, resources and websites published or presented elsewhere are also included. Please see the about section for further information.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention fact sheets

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention fact sheets (2019) Centre for Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Perth: Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention This set of fact sheets provide concise summaries of research findings, recommendations and outcomes from consultations relevant to Aboriginal and […]


Healing our way: a Healing tip

Tipiloura B, The Healing Foundation (2019) Healing our way: a Healing tip Canberra: The Healing Foundation In this short video, Bernard from the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory provides his tip to help reduce trauma in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.


Yarn up feel deadly [app]

Hunter New England Local Health District, Aboriginal Mental Health Service (2019) Yarn up feel deadly [app] City of Lake Macquarie, NSW: Hunter New England Local Health District, Aboriginal Mental Health Service The Yarn up feel deadly app provides information on mental health services for Aboriginal people in the Hunter New England Local Health District.


Healing the past by nurturing the future – co-designing perinatal strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma: framework and protocol for a community-based participatory action research study

Chamberlain C, Gee G, Brown SJ, Atkinson J, Herrman H, Gartland D, Glover K, Clark Y, Campbell S, Mensah FK, Atkinson C, Brennan SE, McLachlan H, Hirvonen T, Dyall D, Ralph N, Hokke S, Nicholson J (2019) Healing the past by nurturing the future – co-designing perinatal strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents […]


Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide?

Dudgeon P, Hirvonen T, McPhee R (2019) Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide? The Conversation; Retrieved from


Stories from community: how suicide rates fell in two Indigenous communities

Prince J (2018) Stories from community: how suicide rates fell in two Indigenous communities Canberra: Healing Foundation


Looking where the light is: creating and restoring safety and healing: a cultural framework for addressing child sexual abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Milroy H, Lawrie R, Testro P (2018) Looking where the light is: creating and restoring safety and healing: a cultural framework for addressing child sexual abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Canberra: Healing Foundation


Who are the Stolen Generations? [infographic]

Healing Foundation (2018) Who are the Stolen Generations? [infographic] Canberra, ACT:Healing Foundation


Timeline of trauma and healing in Australia

Healing Foundation (2018) Timeline of trauma and healing in Australia ACT: Healing Foundation The Timeline of trauma and healing in Australia looks at some of the events, trauma and healing that has taken place in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.


Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families

Healing Foundation (2018) Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families ACT: Healing Foundation This factsheet has been developed in partnership with child and adolescent psychiatrist Professor Helen Milroy, to help increase awareness and understanding of intergenerational trauma.


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