First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 10-19
Description
Looks at how Building A Nation (BAN), a program located in the core neighbourhood of Saskatoon, provides therapy services using the medicine wheel as a learning and teaching tool in dealing with unhealthy life choices and managing healthy lives.
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
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Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Description
Study sample consisted of 16 men ranging from 26 to 55 years who used the services of the Na‐Me‐Res emergency hostel in downtown Toronto.
Chapter 6.2 from: Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau, Stephen H. Hwang, Emily Paradis
Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9683, July 04, 2009, pp. 76-85
Description
Looks at Indigenous notions of health and identity, mental health and addictions, urbanization and environmental stresses, whole health and healing, and reconciliation.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 16, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 68-76
Description
Reports American Indians living on reservations and those who have bicultural competence have less hopelessness than those living in non-reservation areas.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.