Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Augusto Legaspi
Eliza Orr
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 24-43
Description
Focuses on disseminating research findings to communities in a manner that is culturally appropriate and useful, and also looks at maintaining a good relationship between the Alaska communities and the Center for Alaska Native Heath Research.
The Djirruwang Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wayne Rigbye
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, May/June 2007, p. 19
Description
Describes program design in collaboration with Aboriginal associations, researchers, and health care providers to meet the needs of the community.
A Dynamic Model for Wellbeing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Campion
Jo Nurse
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S24-S28
Description
Model illustrates how wellbeing is influenced by the inter-relationship between risk, protective and environmental factors.
Editorial
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S1-S4
Description
Introduction to the papers in this supplement, some of which were presented at Creating Futures: Influencing the Social Determinants of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural, Indigenous and Island Peoples held in Cairns, September 2006.
The Effects of Self Harming Behaviours of Youth in Child
Welfare Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Connie Cheung
Deborah Goodman
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 37-42
Description
Examines the self-harming behaviours among children and youth, both minority and non-minority, in the care of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.
Enhancing the Accessibility of Public Mental Health Services in Queensland to Meet the Needs of Deaf People from an Indigenous Australian of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Background
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lara Denman
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S85-S89
Description
Report makes recommendations for overcoming a wide variety of barriers.
Evidence-based Practice Knowledge, Use, and Factors that Influence Decisions: Results from an Evidence-Based Practice Survey of Providers in American Indian/
Alaska Native Communities
Alternate Title
Evidence-based Practice Knowledge, Use, and Factors that Influence Decisions: Results from an Evidence-based Practice Survey of Providers in American Indian / Alaska Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Sheehan
Christine Walrath-Greene
Sylvia Fisher
Shannon Crossbear
Joseph Walker
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2007, pp. 29-48
Description
Found that providers affiliated with American Aboriginal communities were similar to their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of familiarity, knowledge and use of evidence-based practices.
Exhibits of Truth and Reconciliation: Creating Empathetic Spaces for Indigenous Narratives in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Marylene Pilon
Description
World Literatures and Cultures Major Research Paper (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2020.
Focuses on the Bentwood Box by Luke Marston, the Witness Blanket by Carey Newman and the Living and Healing Quilt.
An Exploration Of Indigenous Spiritual Microaggressions
Theses
Author/Creator
Cerynn Dawn Desjarlais
Description
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- University of North Dakota, 2020.
Exploring Colonization and Mental Health from the Perspective of a First Nations Community in Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Louise Hunt
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2020.
Exploring Maternal Social Perception and Child Aggression Among Urban American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monica Tsethlikai
Vicki Peyton
Marion O'Brien
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 63-84
Description
Examines the status of 20 urban American Indian mother/child dyads and surveys how theses families perceive their lives.
Exploring the Experiences of an Elder, a Psychologist and
a Psychiatrist: How can Traditional Practices and Healers
Complement Existing Practices in Mental Health?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noela Crowe-Salazar
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 83-95
Description
Interviews revealed that each person, in their own discipline, had both desire and intention to help people, and that this reality can then be built upon by training and an awareness of their shared commonalities.
Factors Associated with Reduced Depression and Suicide Risk among Maori High School Students New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Terryann Coralie Clark
Description
[Nursing] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2007.
Family Intervention in Indigenous Communities: Emergent Issues in Conducting Outcome Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Turner
Matthew Sanders
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S39-S43
Description
Contends services targeting the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous children are inadequate and there is a need to build a skilled workforce with quality degree training for Indigenous primary healthcare field workers.
Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in Maximum Security: What Happened to the Promises of "Creating Choices"?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
SkyBlue Morin
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020, pp. 92-128
Description
Reprint of a contracted report including recommendations, based on 1997-1998 interviews in the Springhill Institution, Prison for Women, the Regional Psychiatric Centre (Prairies) and the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. Report notes significant drop in percentage of Aboriginal women incarcerated during period of report writing.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Suicidality in a Healthcare Setting
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael R. Baldwin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, Supplement 1, 2007, pp. 54-60
Description
Found that 6% of adolescents evaluated by the Alaska Native Medical Center had been seen for self-harm related conditions due to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
First Nations and Inuit Health Program Compendium
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Food Customs of Rural and Urban Inupiaq Elders and Their Relationships to Select Nutrition Parameters, Food Insecurity, Health, and Physical and Mental Functioning
Theses
Author/Creator
Janell Smith
Description
Dietetics and Nutrition Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida International University, 2007.
Gene Boy Came Home
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Eugene Benedict
Description
Aboriginal veteran Eugene Benedict's account of his time in Vietnam, his rejection when he returned, and his journey back to his Odanak home. This film deals with scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 24:31.
Good Intentions Killing Off Next Generation Early
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 30, 2007, p. A11
Description
Comments on how today's First Nations and aboriginal children are prone to type 2 diabetes, childhood obesity and other health problems.
Guest Editorial: Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions for Aboriginal Youth
Alternate Title
Introduction to this Special Issue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Wekerle
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 5-7
Description
Introduces a special issue of First Peoples Child & Family Review, that focuses on the developmental stage of adolescence, and comments on some basic facts regarding research.
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV: A Study of the Years 2000-2005
Alternate Title
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health III: A Study of the Years 1970-1991
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health: A Study of the Years 1970-1984
Māori Standards of Health: A Study of the 20 Year Period 1955-75
E-Books
Author/Creator
Papaarangi Reid
Bridget Robson
Donna Cormack
Fiona Cram
Gordon Purdie ... [et al.]
Description
The Healer / Helper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Discusses the qualities necessary for facilitating the healing process and things that may be accomplished by using a variety of western or traditional tools.
Healers Need Healing Too: Results from the Good Road of Life Training
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allyson Kelley
Clayton Small
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. [60]-75
Description
Examines the impact of the training, which uses culturally relevant mental health support for healing historical and inter-generational trauma, on mental health professionals working with American Indian communities.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 5, no. 2, Autumn, 2007
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, pictures, and articles including: Aboriginal Survivors for Healing by Jackie Miller, and Telling Stories from Our Lives by David Sidwell.
The Health and Well-Being of the Aboriginal Population in British Columbia: Interim Update [2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Statistics for: low birthweight, pre-term births, infant mortality, births to teenage mothers, and disease and injury premature mortality.
Related material:
The Health and Well-being of the Aboriginal Population: Interim Update [2012].
First Nations Health and Well-being: Interim Update [2015].
The Health of the Aboriginal Populations in Montréal
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maude Landry
The Health of the Nova Scotia Mi'Kmaq Population: A Summary Report
Alternate Title
The Health of the On Reserve Mikmaq Population in Nova Scotia: Data from 2002-03
[Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Report: Nova Scotia, 2002-2003: Summary Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlotte Loppie
Fred Wien
Description
Data from First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (FNRLHS).
"A Hell of a Warrior": Remembering Sergeant Thomas George Prince
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Historical Biography, vol. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [27]-78
Description
Biography one of the most decorated soldiers in Canadian history focuses on his time in the military, his activities between the Second World War and the Korean war, and contends that his inability to adjust once he had left the military was due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The Highway of Tears
Alternate Title
VPRO Documentary
[Where Women Go Missing in Canada]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emy Koopman
VPRO
Description
Documentary about the dozens of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared on the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Focuses on the family of Ramona Lisa Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after twenty-five years.
Duration: 50:10.
Historical Trauma and Teaching
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rhett Diessner
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, p. 9
Description
Presents a letter to the editor responding to the article, "Historical Trauma: Holocaust Victims, American Indians Recovering from Abuses of the Past" in Vol. 17, Spring 2006, Issue no. 3.
Honour Project Aotearoa
Alternate Title
Honor Project Aotearoa
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Alison Green
Carl Mika
Matthew Roskrudge
Shirley Simmonds … [et al.]
How to Lead a Community to Wellness from Boarding School Trauma
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James W. La Belle
Cheryl Easley
Kanaqlak (George P. Charles)
Description
Continuation of the paper Boarding School: Historical Trauma Among Alaska's Native People. Focuses on healing and methods to achieve it.
Identifying Effective Mental Health Interventions for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Review of the Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Carmela Alcántara
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 13, no. 4, October 2007, pp. 356-363
Description
Discusses advantages and limitations of evidence-based practice for treatment of Native Americans with mental health problems.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous People
Alternate Title
Indigenous Futures Project
[Indigenous Futures Survey]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth
Description
Information gathered from the 2020 Indigenous Futures Survey which had 6,460 respondents from across the United States. Focuses on how the pandemic has impacted income, employment, and mental health.
The Impact of Training Indigenous Facilitators for a Two-Eyed Seeing Research Treatment Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Addiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Naseba Marsh
David C. Marsh
Lisa M. Najavits
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, 2020, pp. 1-20
Description
Discuss the training of Indigenous facilitators to use traditional Indigenous medicine in compliment with contemporary treatments to reduce the effects of intergenerational trauma.
Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Māori University Students
Alternate Title
Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Maori University Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
Zaine Akugata-Huntington
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāi Te Rangi
Ngāti Kahungun ki Te Wairoa
Improving Mental Health Skills of Health Workers in Indigenous Communities in Northern Queensland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jonathan Campion
Ernest Hunter
Judy Skalicky
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 12-15
Description
Explores how consultations with Indigenous health workers (IHW) have resulted in the development of programs to increase mental health awareness.
The Indian Boarding School Era and Its Continuing Impact on Tribal Families and the Provision of Government Services
Alternate Title
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Indigenous Men: Taking their Rightful Place - How One Aboriginal Community is Achieving Results
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janya McCalman
Bradley Baird
Komla Tsey
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 8-9
Description
Describes the formation of the Yaba Men's Group with programming geared to healing victims of the, "stolen generation" of people that were relocated to Yarrabah, Queensland.
Indigenous People and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paula Arriagada
Tara Hahmann
Vivian O’Donnell
Description
Questions were asked about participants' perceptions of their level of mental health since the implementation of physical distancing and feelings of stress and anxiety; findings reflect mental health disparities between indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Data from the online questionnaire "Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians: Your Mental Health".
Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences of Harmful Content on Social Media
Author/Creator
Tristan Kennedy
Indigenous Youth Co-develop a New Way to Measure Their Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Glauser
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 192, no. 12, March 23, 2020, pp. E327-E328
Description
Article describes a new culturally appropriate health evaluation tool that was developed by Indigenous youth.
The Interface of Mental Health and Human Rights in Indigenous Peoples: Triple Jeopardy and Triple Opportunity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Tarantola
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S10-S17
Description
Suggests three efforts towards improved mental health care: enhancing understanding and trust, promoting mental health in the context of holistic health, and linking mental health to its human rights determinants.
Intervention Model With Indigenous Australians for Non-Indigenous Counsellors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernard W. S. Fan
Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 13-20
Description
Contends cultural factors are only one aspect of encouraging Aboriginal clients to engage in mental health services.
Inuit‐Specific Approaches to Healing: from Addiction and Trauma
Alternate Title
Mamisarniq Conference 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Description
Conference held May 2007 brought together addiction and mental health workers to share and gain knowledge in the areas of: approaches to healing, programs in place, and training and treatment options.
Is Attachment Theory Consistent with Aboriginal Parenting
Realities?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond Neckoway
Keith Brownlee
Bruno Castellan
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 65-74
Description
Studies found inconsistencies of attachment security across cultures and suggest that consideration should be given to cultural differences when applying this theory.
“It’s so hard to put tangible figures to it:” Examining Climate Change Impacts on Inuit Mental Health in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Middleton
Description
Population Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2020.
Journey of Reflection: Yaba Bimbie Men's Group 1998-2006
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. [10-11]
Description
Chronicles the history of the social problems of this small community on the northeast coast of Australia.
'Just Another White-ology': Psychology as a Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Ranzijn
Keith McConnochie
Colleen Clarke
Wendy Nolan
Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 21-34
Description
Looks into improving the mental health, social and emotional well-being of Indigenous Australians by using psychology.