Pat Dudgeon

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Professor Pat Dudgeon
Born (1959-03-13) 13 March 1959 (age 65)
Darwin, Northern Territory
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater Curtin University, Murdoch University

Patricia Lynette Dudgeon AM FAHMS (born 13 March 1959), usually known as Pat Dudgeon, is an Aboriginal Australian psychologist, Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and a research professor at the University of Western Australia's (UWA) 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.

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Career

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

Dudgeon has been a prominent and influential member of the psychology profession since graduating in 1985 as Australia's first Indigenous psychologist. [1] 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 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.

Since 2007 she has been a Research Professor in the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA and the Director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at UWA. She is Lead Chief Investigator of a Million Minds Grant, [2] Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing.

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 co-chair of the National Ministerial Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group [3] 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.

Personal life

Dudgeon in an Aboriginal Australian with Bardi and Gija heritage. [4]

Honours and awards

Selected works

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  3. ↑ "Co-chair ATSIMHSPAG". Department of Health.
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  6. ↑ "Professor Patricia Lynette DUDGEON". It's an Honour. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "29 new Fellows elected". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "President's Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Australia". Australian Psychological Society. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Our Patrons".
  10. ↑ "Awarded lifetime achievement award - Indigenous Allied Health Australia 2013". Indigenous Allied Health Australia.
  11. ↑ "2013 Deadly Award winner". Deadlys. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  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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