Indigenous-run mental health services are struggling to attract funding for suicide prevention programs

WGAR News: Family ties the key for Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Aboriginal mental health workers: Nathan Morris, ABC Goldfields WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 06/10/2015 - 7:31pm

Newsletter date: 7 October 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Nathan Morris, ABC Goldfields WA: Family ties the key for Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Aboriginal mental health workers

* Audio: Bridget Brennan, ABC AM: Aboriginal man helping LGBTI Indigenous people speak about suicide [featuring Dameyon Bonson]

* News Analysis: Bridget Brennan, ABC News: Mental As: Indigenous community lacks resources to prevent LGBTI suicide

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Aboriginal man helping LGBTI Indigenous people speak about suicide
Q&A: Indigenous Australians 'must be trusted to take control of suicide prevention'
Dameyon Bonson - Black Rainbow Living Well - ABC News
Indigenous-run mental health services are struggling to attract funding for suicide prevention programs
Prof Pat Dudgeon - Aboriginal psychologist - UWA
Prof Pat Dudgeon - Aboriginal psychologist - Uni of Western Australia - ABC News
Calla Wahlquist - Guardian Australia
Aboriginal suicide rates
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Prof Pat Dudgeon chair - National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health group & a Bardi woman - Guardian Australia
Prof Ian Hickie co-director - University of Sydney’s Brain & Mind Centre - Guardian Australia
Goldfields Aboriginal mental health workers Kelly Donaldson & Richard Ashwin - ABC News
Nathan Morris - ABC Goldfields WA
Sidney Carruth - Goldfields-Esperance Aboriginal mental health co-ordinator - ABC News