Youth mental health services and linkages to social and emotional wellbeing

• Date:

  10 September 2012

• Location:

  Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

This seminar is part of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) semester 2 seminar series on Contextualising social and emotional wellbeing as part of Indigenous health and healing.

This particular seminar will focus on what is happening in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 'space' in headspace - an initiative that provides youth-centric early intervention services to young Australians aged 12-25. The seminar will be presented by Tony Lee, a Yawuru man from Broome, WA. Tony has been working with headspace National Office, Melbourne since December 2011 and is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strategy director.

The seminar is free and open to the public and will be webcast at www.aiatsis.gov.au.

Contacts

Ph: (02) 6246 1144
Email: publicprograms@aiatsis.gov.au

Links

• View information: AIATSIS seminar series semester 2, 2012
• View information: Youth mental health services and linkages to social and emotional wellbeing (PDF - 185.8 KB)
• View website: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies