Patricia Dudgeon
Title
Patricia Dudgeon
Birthplace
Bardi Jawi Country
Primary Sources
Dudgeon, P., Agung-Igusti, R., Derry, K., & Gibson, C. (2025). Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional well-being. American Psychologist, 80(8), 1137–1149. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001535
Dudgeon, P., Agung-Igusti, R. P., & Carlin, E. (2025). Interim findings from a mixed methods evaluation of a social and emotional wellbeing model of service pilot in Western Australian Aboriginal community-controlled health services. BMJ Open, 15(3), e097923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097923
Dudgeon, P., Collova, J., Georgatos, G., Chang, E. P., Paton, E., Benson, M., & Krakouer, M. (2025). Truth-telling about suicide: Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to engage with the media. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59(5), 448–456. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674251328542
Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H., Selkirk, B., Wright\, A., Regan, K., Kashyap, S., Agung‐Igusti, R., Alexi, J., Bray, A., Chan, J., Chang, E. P., Cheuk, S. W. G., Collova, J., Derry, K., & Gibson, C. (2024). Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: Sharing our teams’ principles and practices. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(11), 578–586. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52509
Dudgeon, P., Chang, E. P., Chan, J., Mascall, C., King, G., Collova, J. R., & Ryder, A. (2024). Evaluation of the Cultural, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program with Aboriginal women in the Boronia Pre‐Release Centre for Women: A mixed methods study. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(1), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52354
Dudgeon, P., Ryder, A., Collova, J., Selkirk, B., Derry, K., Hansen, C., Penny, F., Phillips, C., Pryor, M., Taylor, M., Alexi, J., Chang, E. P., D’Mello, C., Kashyap, S., Platell, M., & Milroy, H. (2024). Truth telling and truth witnessing: Results from a transformative experiential learning program between Aboriginal Elders and non-Aboriginal researchers. Australian Journal of Psychology, 76(1), 2425624. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2024.2425624
Dudgeon, P., Carlin, E., Derry, K., Alexi, J., Mitchell, M., & Agung-Igusti, R. P. (2023). Evaluating a social and emotional well-being model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: An Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach. BMJ Open, 13(10), e075260. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075260
Dudgeon, P., Derry, K. L., Mascall, C., & Ryder, A. (2022). Understanding Aboriginal Models of Selfhood: The National Empowerment Project’s Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program in Western Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4078. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074078
Dudgeon, P., Boe, M., & Walker, R. (2020). Addressing Inequities in Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing through Transformative and Decolonising Research and Practice. Research in Health Science, 5(3), p48. https://doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v5n3p48
Dudgeon, P., Agung-Igusti, R. P., & Carlin, E. (2025). Interim findings from a mixed methods evaluation of a social and emotional wellbeing model of service pilot in Western Australian Aboriginal community-controlled health services. BMJ Open, 15(3), e097923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097923
Dudgeon, P., Collova, J., Georgatos, G., Chang, E. P., Paton, E., Benson, M., & Krakouer, M. (2025). Truth-telling about suicide: Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to engage with the media. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59(5), 448–456. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674251328542
Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H., Selkirk, B., Wright\, A., Regan, K., Kashyap, S., Agung‐Igusti, R., Alexi, J., Bray, A., Chan, J., Chang, E. P., Cheuk, S. W. G., Collova, J., Derry, K., & Gibson, C. (2024). Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: Sharing our teams’ principles and practices. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(11), 578–586. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52509
Dudgeon, P., Chang, E. P., Chan, J., Mascall, C., King, G., Collova, J. R., & Ryder, A. (2024). Evaluation of the Cultural, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program with Aboriginal women in the Boronia Pre‐Release Centre for Women: A mixed methods study. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(1), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52354
Dudgeon, P., Ryder, A., Collova, J., Selkirk, B., Derry, K., Hansen, C., Penny, F., Phillips, C., Pryor, M., Taylor, M., Alexi, J., Chang, E. P., D’Mello, C., Kashyap, S., Platell, M., & Milroy, H. (2024). Truth telling and truth witnessing: Results from a transformative experiential learning program between Aboriginal Elders and non-Aboriginal researchers. Australian Journal of Psychology, 76(1), 2425624. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2024.2425624
Dudgeon, P., Carlin, E., Derry, K., Alexi, J., Mitchell, M., & Agung-Igusti, R. P. (2023). Evaluating a social and emotional well-being model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: An Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach. BMJ Open, 13(10), e075260. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075260
Dudgeon, P., Derry, K. L., Mascall, C., & Ryder, A. (2022). Understanding Aboriginal Models of Selfhood: The National Empowerment Project’s Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program in Western Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4078. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074078
Dudgeon, P., Boe, M., & Walker, R. (2020). Addressing Inequities in Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing through Transformative and Decolonising Research and Practice. Research in Health Science, 5(3), p48. https://doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v5n3p48
Secondary Sources
Selkirk, B., Dudgeon, P., Gibson, C., & Alexi, J. (2025). Decolonising tertiary psychology student support in Australia: Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychology students. Australian Journal of Psychology, 77(1), 2478083. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2025.2478083
Ciofalo, N., Dudgeon, P., & Nikora, L. W. (2022). Indigenous community psychologies, decolonization, and radical imagination within ecologies of knowledges. American Journal of Community Psychology, 69(3–4), 283–293. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12583
Gibson, C., Dudgeon, P., & Crockett, J. (2020). Listen, look & learn: Exploring cultural obligations of Elders and older Aboriginal people. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(2), 193–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1732228
Purdie N., Dudgeon P., & Walker R. (2010). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
Ciofalo, N., Dudgeon, P., & Nikora, L. W. (2022). Indigenous community psychologies, decolonization, and radical imagination within ecologies of knowledges. American Journal of Community Psychology, 69(3–4), 283–293. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12583
Gibson, C., Dudgeon, P., & Crockett, J. (2020). Listen, look & learn: Exploring cultural obligations of Elders and older Aboriginal people. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(2), 193–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1732228
Purdie N., Dudgeon P., & Walker R. (2010). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
Extra Resources
Pat Dudgeon - Full Interview. (May 6, 2025). The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention. Youtube. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896E3GeocWQ
Social and Emotional Wellbeing: Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing by Pat Dudgeon. (September 11, 2025).
Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). Youtube. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIh5RckL7x0
Prof. Pat Dudgeon's Groundbreaking Life and Work on Social Emotional Wellbeing. (August 10, 2025).
Never the Same. Youtube. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnbn5BIWBiE
Dudgeon, P. (2026). Pat Dudgeon AM FAPS on developing the Social and Emotional Wellbeing model to support Indigenous communities. Australian Psychological Society. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://psychology.org.au/insights/pat-dudgeon-am-sewb-model
Social and Emotional Wellbeing: Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing by Pat Dudgeon. (September 11, 2025).
Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). Youtube. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIh5RckL7x0
Prof. Pat Dudgeon's Groundbreaking Life and Work on Social Emotional Wellbeing. (August 10, 2025).
Never the Same. Youtube. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnbn5BIWBiE
Dudgeon, P. (2026). Pat Dudgeon AM FAPS on developing the Social and Emotional Wellbeing model to support Indigenous communities. Australian Psychological Society. Accessed July 1, 2026. https://psychology.org.au/insights/pat-dudgeon-am-sewb-model
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Citation
“Patricia Dudgeon,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed July 10, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/808.