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Programs and projects

This section provides details and links for programs and projects that aim to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including programs addressing mental health issues.

Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are collected here.

When you click on one of the headings of the table, the list will be sorted according to that heading. For more information about the program, click on the title.

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Title	Reach	Focus
'Message sticks': arts program in community facilities	QLD	Indigenous
Aboriginal children experiencing family violence counselling	WA	Indigenous
Aboriginal culture and identity program	SA	Indigenous
Aboriginal mental health worker program 'working both ways'	NT	Indigenous
Aboriginal perspective on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - research project	WA	Indigenous
Aboriginal suicide and self-harm help-seeking quandary	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal weaving and terrazzo project	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal women's healing house	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal youth mental health partnership	SA	Indigenous
Adult healing places	VIC	Indigenous
Alive and kicking goals: suicide prevention project	WA	Indigenous
All children being safe program	NSW	Indigenous
Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative - NT (AIMHI-NT)	NT	Indigenous
Be kind to your mind: Babum Yumal project	QLD	Indigenous
Best practice in early intervention, assessment and treatment of depression and substance misuse (BEAT project)	NT	Indigenous
Bila Muuji social emotional wellbeing initiative	NSW	Indigenous
Black chicks talking	QLD	Indigenous
Black on track in Roma	QLD	Indigenous
Black on track Indigenous men’s program	NSW	Indigenous
Boomerang caring program	NSW	Indigenous
Boomerangs parenting program	NSW	Indigenous
Bringing them home	National	Indigenous
Broome mental health unit	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Building a perinatal service model for a Western Australian Aboriginal community	WA	Indigenous
Building bridges: learning from the experts	QLD	Indigenous
Bundap marram durn-durn	VIC	Indigenous
Care planning training trial	NT	Indigenous
Child sexual abuse therapeutic service	WA	Indigenous
Common mental disorders in Koori men: facilitating case finding and continuity of care	VIC	Indigenous
CommunityMatters	National	Indigenous
Comorbidity action in the north (CAN) project	SA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Connections: Aboriginal women's art therapy group	NSW	Indigenous
Coordinated Aboriginal mental healthcare: a model for best practice for rural and metropolitan service	SA	Indigenous
Counselling and wellbeing program	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Creative recovery	QLD	Indigenous
Darayiga guya mapu (come here: talk feeling)	NSW	Indigenous
Deadly Vibe magazine	National	Indigenous
Depression screening tool - PHQ-9	NT	Indigenous
Developing, sustaining and evaluating health programs for Aboriginal men	WA	Indigenous
Djillay Lidj best start program	VIC	Indigenous
Djirruwang program	NSW	Indigenous
Drug and alcohol and mental health information management project	NSW	Mainstream with Indigenous content
DRUMBEAT	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) adaptation	QLD	Indigenous
Exploring associations between health, morbidity and psychological wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants of the 45 and up study	NSW	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Family coping-mental wellbeing	NT	Indigenous
Family violence aboriginal advocacy and counselling program	WA	Indigenous
Family wellbeing program	QLD	Indigenous
Feeling deadly not shame	National	Indigenous
Gamarada Indigenous healing and leadership program for men and youth	NSW	Indigenous
Gunai Lidj program	VIC	Indigenous
Halo day program	WA	Indigenous
Happy kids	WA	Indigenous
Head 2 head	WA	Indigenous
Healing past hurts	WA	Indigenous
Healing space	WA	Indigenous
Healing through the map	WA	Indigenous
Health professional partnerships: occupational therapists and Aboriginal Health Workers	QLD	Indigenous
Healthy start, healthy life	National	Indigenous
Hey sis, we've got your back: Aboriginal women’s sexual assault network	NSW	Indigenous
Holyoake counselling and support services program	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Hope for life photography project	WA	Indigenous
Hope, opportunity, purpose, education and employment (HOPE)	VIC	Indigenous
I-RISE: Indigenous racial identity and self-esteem project	WA	Indigenous
I’m an Aboriginal dad	VIC	Indigenous
IMPACT Cape York	QLD	Indigenous
Implications of early life and contemporary influences on body composition, mental health, and precursors of chronic diseases in the Aboriginal birth cohort study	National	Indigenous
Improve mental health service provision in remote northern Queensland	QLD	Indigenous
Improved services initiative	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Improving the Capacity of Workers in Indigenous Communities	National	Indigenous
Incidence of suicidal behaviours in Indigenous communities in Queensland	QLD	Indigenous
Indigenous alcohol and other drug workers' wellbeing, stress and burnout project	National	Indigenous
Indigenous dual diagnosis project	VIC	Indigenous
Indigenous hip hop projects	National	Indigenous
Indigenous leadership program	National	Indigenous
Indigenous men managing anger and substance use (IMMASU)	WA	Indigenous
Indigenous Psychological Services (IPS): community intervention programs	WA	Indigenous
Indigenous storybook	WA	Indigenous
Indigenous suicide prevention training package	NSW	Indigenous
Indigenous Triple P effectiveness in community settings	QLD	Indigenous
Indigenous youth healing program	NT	Indigenous
Intervention model with Indigenous Australians for non Indigenous counsellors	WA	Indigenous
Jamanee Gunya cultural camps by the beach	NSW	Indigenous
Jaru Pirrjirdi program	NT	Indigenous
Karpandi women’s centre	SA	Indigenous
KidsMatter	National	Mainstream
Koori girls youth program	VIC	Indigenous
Koori kids wellbeing project	NSW	Indigenous
Koori mental health project	VIC	Indigenous
Koori prisoner mental health and cognitive functioning study	VIC	Indigenous
Let’s start: parent-child program	NT	Indigenous
Life matters for Koori youth in the Western Riverina	NSW	Indigenous
Life promotions program	NT	Indigenous
Link-up	National	Indigenous
Little People's Meeting Place	WA	Indigenous
livALIVE	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
MAKINGtheLINK Indigenous program	National	Indigenous
Marumali program	National	Indigenous
Maya Living Free Healing Association	VIC	Indigenous
Mental health alcohol tobacco and other drugs service (MHATODS)	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Mental health first aid guidelines project	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Mental health first aid training and research program	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Mental health in remote Indigenous communities	SA	Indigenous
Mental health literacy project	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Mental health training for workers in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities	National	Indigenous
Mibbinbah: Indigenous men’s spaces pilot project	National	Indigenous
Mindframe national media initiative	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Mt Theo program	NT	Indigenous
My way: youth program for remote Cape York communities	QLD	Indigenous
National Aboriginal and Islander children's day (4 August annually)	National	Indigenous
Ngaripirliga’ajirri early intervention program	NT	Indigenous
Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services: spiritual health program	WA	Indigenous
No one walks alone	SA	Indigenous
Northern and far western suicide prevention project	SA	Indigenous
NPA suicide prevention strategy	QLD	Indigenous
NSW Aboriginal mental health workforce program	NSW	Indigenous
NSW school link training program	NSW	Indigenous
Nunkuwarrin Yunti	SA	Indigenous
Opening doors	SA	Indigenous
Our community, our cancer (Derbarl Yerrigan cancer support group)	WA	Indigenous
Our healing ways	VIC	Indigenous
Panyappi program	SA	Indigenous
Pathways-recovery oriented rehabilitation program	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMS) Program	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Positive futures: social inclusion program for young people	QLD	Indigenous
Queensland lower Gulf area mental health service mapping	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
RAISE wellbeing	SA	Indigenous
Red dust healing program	National	Indigenous
Rekindling the spirit	NSW	Indigenous
Relapse prevention trial	NT	Indigenous
Resourceful Adolescent Program Indigenous adaptation	QLD	Indigenous
Riverland young Indigenous men suicide prevention project	SA	Indigenous
Roma program	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Save-a-mate (SAM) and SAM 'our way'	National	Indigenous
Seasons for healing	Not specified	Indigenous
Sisters day out	VIC	Indigenous
SMART recovery	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Social and emotional wellbeing regional centres	National	Indigenous
Social health program	NSW	Indigenous
Social inclusion suicide intervention initiative	SA	Indigenous
Social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing framework project	QLD	Indigenous
Solid Kids Solid Schools	WA	Indigenous
Something better	QLD	Indigenous
Spiritual wellbeing program	VIC	Indigenous
StandBy response service	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Story development project	NT	Indigenous
Strengthening social and emotional wellbeing of Australian Aboriginal people: how does racial identity and related self-esteem mediate the mental wellbeing of Aboriginal people?	WA	Indigenous
Strong choices	NT	Indigenous
Strong healthy and positive environment (S.H.A.P.E)	QLD	Indigenous
Strong men, strong families project	SA	Indigenous
Study of environment on Aboriginal resilience and child health (SEARCH)	NSW	Indigenous
Suicide story training project	NT	Indigenous
Sustainable personal development for Aboriginal men	SA	Indigenous
The development of culturally-appropriate cognitive assessments with applications in substance abuse and mental health with Indigenous clients	NT	Indigenous
The joy of movement	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
The Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool (KICA)	WA	Indigenous
The psych group	NSW	Indigenous
The sacred site within healing centre program	SA	Indigenous
Tirkandi Inaburra	NSW	Indigenous
Tiwi mental health service	NT	Indigenous
Vibe3on3	National	Indigenous
Voices united for harmony	QLD	Indigenous
Wakefield region suicide prevention project	SA	Indigenous
We know our strengths	NT	Indigenous
Wellbeing program	NT	Indigenous
Wesley LifeForce	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Western Australian Department of Health's Multi-systemic therapy (MST) program	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Whiz kidz before and after school care program	VIC	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Women’s health program for Yarrabah women	QLD	Indigenous
Wuchopperen youth program	QLD	Indigenous
Yarnin' the blues: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander depression awareness project	SA	Indigenous
Yarrabah men’s health initiative	QLD	Indigenous
Yiriman youth project	WA	Indigenous
Youth Insearch weekend programs	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Youth suicide prevention program	VIC	Indigenous
Youth wellbeing project	NT	Indigenous

Last updated: 9 May 2013

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