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Pat Dudgeon

Patricia Lynette Dudgeon is an Aboriginal Australian psychologist, Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, and a research professor at the University of Western Australia's School of Indigenous Studies. Her area of research includes Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention. She is actively involved with the Aboriginal community, having an ongoing commitment to social justice for Indigenous people. Dudgeon has participated in numerous state and national committees, councils, task groups and community service activities in both a voluntary and professional capacity.

Pat Dudgeon
Born
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Alma materCurtin University, Murdoch University

Early life and education

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Patricia Lynette Dudgeon[citation needed] has Bardi and Gija heritage.[1]

She studied at the Western Australian Institute of Technology, Curtin University and Murdoch University, graduating with BAppSc, GDip (Psych), and Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology).[citation needed]

Career

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Dudgeon has been a prominent and influential member of the psychology profession since graduating in 1985 as Australia's first Indigenous psychologist.[2] She was the first Indigenous convenor of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Interest Group on Aboriginal Issues, People and Psychology, and the founding Chair of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association and remains a committee member.

Before joining the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2007, Dudgeon was the head of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University for 19 years, leading the field in providing culturally appropriate education.[citation needed]

In 2007 she was appointed as research professor in the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA and director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at UWA.[citation needed] She is[when?] lead chief investigator of a Million Minds grant.[3]

During her career, Dudgeon has taken prominent leadership roles in national and state groups such as the National Mental Health Commission, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Group for the state and national Mental Health Commissions in Australia, is[when?] co-chair of the National Ministerial Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group[4] to the PM&C and Department of Health, and is a member of the Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) National Advisory Group, which was formed in 2020.[citation needed]

Honours and awards

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Other activities

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As of 2024 Dudgeon is a patron of the Justice Reform Initiative[11]

Selected works

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  • Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., & Walker, R. (2020). Self-determination and strengths-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention: An emerging evidence-based approach. In A. Page & W. Stritzke (Eds.) Alternatives to suicide: Beyond risk and toward a life worth living (pp. 237–256). Elsevier.[12] This chapter discusses CIA Dudgeons formative Social and Emotional Wellbeing Framework that highlights how colonisation and social determinants impact on Indigenous wellbeing.
  • Dudgeon, P., Milroy, J., Calma, T., Luxford, Y., Ring, I., Walker, R., Cox, A., Georgatos, G., & Holland, C. (2016). "Solutions That Work: What the Evidence and Our People Tell Us. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project Report." UWA.[13] This report provided a blue print for Indigenous suicide prevention, is cited in most government reports/policies and used extensively by Indigenous community groups.
  • Dudgeon, P., Calma, T., Brideson, T., & Holland, C. (2016). The Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration - A call to action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership in the Australian mental health system. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 14.[14] This paper discusses the role of political and social factors in mental health and highlights the need for a balance of clinical and culturally-informed mental health system responses.
  • Dudgeon, P., & Walker, R. (2015). Decolonising Australian psychology: Discourses, strategies, and practice. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3, 276-297.[15] Articulates social and emotional wellbeing as a culturally appropriate paradigm to describe Aboriginal selfhood, history, social determinants and the need for practice to be culturally safe.
  • Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H., & Walker, R. (Eds.). (2014). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. (2nd ed.). Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Pat Dudgeon". Fremantle Press. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Australia's first Indigenous psychologist". Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association.
  3. ^ "Pat Dudgeon awarded Million Minds grant for suicide prevention". Life in Mind.
  4. ^ "Co-chair ATSIMHSPAG". Department of Health.
  5. ^ "Awarded lifetime achievement award - Indigenous Allied Health Australia 2013". Indigenous Allied Health Australia.
  6. ^ "2013 Deadly Award winner". Deadlys. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. ^ "President's Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Australia". Australian Psychological Society. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. ^ "29 new Fellows elected". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ^ Patel, Krupa (16 May 2022). "Professor Pat Dudgeon - AAHMS". aahms.org. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Professor Patricia Lynette DUDGEON". It's an Honour. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Our Patrons". Justice Reform Initiative. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ^ Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., & Walker, R. (2020). Self-determination and strengths-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention: An emerging evidence-based approach. In A. Page & W. Stritzke (Eds.) Alternatives to suicide: Beyond risk and toward a life worth living (pp. 237-256). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814297-4.00012-1
  13. ^ Dudgeon, P., Milroy, J., Calma, T., Luxford, Y., Ring, I., Walker, R., Cox, A., Georgatos, G., & Holland, C. (2016). Solutions That Work: What the Evidence and Our People Tell Us. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project Report. UWA.
  14. ^ Dudgeon, P., Calma, T., Brideson, T., & Holland, C. (2016). The Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration - A call to action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership in the Australian mental health system. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 14. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2016.1198233
  15. ^ Dudgeon, P., & Walker, R. (2015). Decolonising Australian psychology: Discourses, strategies, and practice. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3, 276-297. 10.5964/jspp.v3i1.126
  16. ^ Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H., & Walker, R. (Eds.). (2014). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice (2nd ed.). Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
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