Robyn Dunlop
Biographic Data
| ID | 6341179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robyn Dunlop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunlop |
| SIGNATURE | DUNLOP R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5735-2715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Environmental and Colonial Histories
This article is concerned with a pressing question of the 21st century: how do we negotiate places with complex colonial pasts? In the Mid North of South Australia, rugged mountain ranges rise up from stony plains. Adnyamathanha-speaking people have lived here and maintained connections to Country for tens of thousands of years. In the late 1920s, artist Hans Heysen travelled to the area known as the Flinders Ranges and stayed at Aroona, an outst…
Deinstitutionalisation and mental health activism in Australia
Starting in the 1960s, large numbers of patients in Australia’s mental hospitals were released even though hardly any support services were available in the community. By the 1970s, a small number of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, volunteers, and consumer advocates were building alliances and coalitions with each other and with politicians and health bureaucrats to realise change. Using archival records and interviews as sources, w…
Disaster responses and Commonwealth involvement in community mental health, 1973–1975
Mental health was not part of the official government response to Cyclone Tracy in 1974–1975. However, the appearance of mental health in disaster responses was subsequently dated from this time. For much of the twentieth century, the Commonwealth had no involvement in mental health services. This did not change until 1973 when it intervened in community mental health services. This article introduces the historical context to the Commonwealth’s …
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Deinstitutionalisation and mental health activism in Australia
Starting in the 1960s, large numbers of patients in Australia’s mental hospitals were released even though hardly any support services were available in the community. By the 1970s, a small number of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, volunteers, and consumer advocates were building alliances and coalitions with each other and with politicians and health bureaucrats to realise change. Using archival records and interviews as sources, w…
Disaster responses and Commonwealth involvement in community mental health, 1973–1975
Mental health was not part of the official government response to Cyclone Tracy in 1974–1975. However, the appearance of mental health in disaster responses was subsequently dated from this time. For much of the twentieth century, the Commonwealth had no involvement in mental health services. This did not change until 1973 when it intervened in community mental health services. This article introduces the historical context to the Commonwealth’s …
Environmental and Colonial Histories
This article is concerned with a pressing question of the 21st century: how do we negotiate places with complex colonial pasts? In the Mid North of South Australia, rugged mountain ranges rise up from stony plains. Adnyamathanha-speaking people have lived here and maintained connections to Country for tens of thousands of years. In the late 1920s, artist Hans Heysen travelled to the area known as the Flinders Ranges and stayed at Aroona, an outst…
Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Mental distress (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Art (1 work)