Ms Yvonne Clark
Room 721a, Hughes Building |
On leave until 2014
Area of Research
Cross-cultural/ Indigenous
Clinical, child and health
Senior Appointments and Memberships
Senior Lecturer
Registered Psychologist in South Australia
Member Australian Psychological Society
APS Interest Group: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Psychology
Australian Indigenous Psychology Association (working party member to formalize the association)
Awards
Service Excellence Award: Excellence in improving the health of Aboriginal children, young people and women. Children Youth and Women’s Health Service, 2007
Psychology Research Interests
Cross-cultural issues, Indigenous psychology and therapies, child development in particular attachment and bonding (cross-cultural), racism, lateral violence, childhood sexual abuse and adolescent offending (relating to Indigenous peoples).
Recent Key Publications
Clark, Y., Chur-Hansen, A., Turnbull, D. & Masciantonio, S. (submitted) A qualitative study of Australian Undergraduate Psychology students' attitudes toward the teaching of Indigenous and cross-cultural psychology of one university. Focus on Health Professional Education (FOHPE)
Clark, Y. (2011) Looking for home. www.emedici.com
Dudgeon, P. Darleston-Jones, D. & Clark, Y. (submitted) Changing the lens: Indigenous perspectives on Psychological literacy in the psychologically literate citizen: Foundations and global perspectives edited by Jacky Cranney and Dana Dunn
Guerin, P., Guerin, B., Tedmanson, D., & Clark, Y. (2009). How do we think about Indigenous mental health in rural and remote communities? STATEing Women's Health, 8-13
Guerin, P., Guerin, B., Tedmanson, D. & Clark, Y. (in press). How can Country, spirituality, music and arts contribute to Indigenous mental health and well-being? Australasian Psychiatry.
