Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Through the Lens of Griefology (CANCELLED)
Location
Adelaide Convention Centre
About
This groundbreaking workshop, facilitated by esteemed Griefologist Rosemary Wanganeen, explores the role of intergenerational, suppressed, unresolved grief in Aboriginal communities and its impact on suicide rates. Through the Seven Phases to Integrating Griefology framework, Rosemary uncovers the social determinants driving Aboriginal disadvantage and suicide, offering a culturally informed pathway toward prevention. Since the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody, suicide rates in Aboriginal communities have surged, highlighting the inadequacy of Western suicide prevention frameworks. Without culturally appropriate approaches, service providers struggle to meet the unique needs of Aboriginal people. As a society, we must confront a difficult truth: current psychological and psychiatric models fail to address the complexities of Aboriginal disadvantage and grief, leaving families in a cycle of suppressed unresolved grief, disorientation, and isolation.