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Aboriginal Mental Health: The Statistical Reality
Discusses treatment frameworks for mental illness and social ills.
The Aboriginal Suicide and Self-Harm Help-Seeking Quandry
Apology Allows Healing to Begin
Balancing the Medicine Wheel through Physical Activity
Banishing the Shame From My Life
Shares the experiences of a Métis man who has struggled with his bipolar disease.
Canada's Indian Residential School System: Historical Trauma and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Presents a brief overview of the work of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.
Charting the Future of Native Mental Health in Canada: The NMHAC's Ten-Year Strategic Plan
Comments on 10 goals and initiatives the Native Mental Health Association of Canada has committed to.
Closing the Gap: The Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Clusters of Suicide...The Need for a Comprehensive Postvention Response to Sorrow in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory
Correlates of Alaska Native Fatal and Nonfatal Suicidal Behaviors 1990-2001
Earl Joe's Story
Everything is Related: Unemployment, Mental Health and Addiction and the Need for Cooperative Action
Comments on the effects of unemployment.
Hand Drumming: Health-Promoting Experiences of Aboriginal Women from a Northern Ontario Urban Community
Harm Reduction and Abstinence: More Alike Than Different?
Discusses ways to reduce alcohol and drug abuse among Aboriginal people.
Healing Begins With Truth and Reconciliation
An Institutional Suicide Machine: Discrimination Against Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in Canada
Laughter Truly is The Best Medicine
Libraries and the First Nations People of Canada
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Program
Once Upon a Time in the Big City
Presents a story of a top student turned drug addict and how she turned her life around.
Poor Choices Can Come Back to Haunt You
Positive Self-Esteem Critical to Good Health
Report on Djirruwang Student Conference
Research Summary: Aboriginal Peoples' Experiences of Mental Health and Addictions Care
Summary of a 3 year study which looked into how to improve mental health and addiction services to be more responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people.
Return to Aboriginal Diet, Exercise Wise Choice
Spirit Beads, Resilience and Residential School
Author describes resilience and what it means to her.
Toward Blending the Best of Two Worlds: The Fraser Region Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Teams
Looks at partnership aiming to improve mental health services for Aboriginal children and youth.
Unprecedented Collaboration: Four Nations in Northern BC Geared to "Embrace Life"
Looks at the First Nations Action and Support Team (FAST) program partnered by the Wet'suwet'en, Gitxsan, Tsimshian and Nisga'a First Nations.