Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tassy Parker
Marcello A. Maviglia
Phyllis T. Lewis
J. Phillip Gossage
Philip A. May
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, vol. 5, no. 22, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Attempts to fill knowledge gap regarding occurrence, characteristics and relationship to drinking problems. Recommends community support and education as part of a prevention strategy.
Psychotherapy and Traditional Healing for American Indians: Exploring the the Prospects for Therapeutic Integration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
The Counseling Psychologist, vol. 38, no. 2, 2010, pp. 166-235
Description
Compares Gros Ventre healing tradition and Eduardo Duran's culture-specific psychotherapy for American Indians.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Qaujijausimajuni Tunngaviqarniq: Using Knowledge and Experience as a Foundation for Action: A Discussion Paper on Suicide Prevention in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Working Group For A Suicide Prevention Strategy For Nunavut
Description
Looks at the development of suicidal behaviour and effective ways of reducing deaths. Includes recommendations for a prevention strategy.
Racism in the Electronic Age: Role of Online Forums in Expressing Racial Attitudes About American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Steinfeldt
Brad D. Foltz
Jennifer K. Kaladow
Tracy N. Carlson
Louis A. Pagano ... [et al.]
Culture, Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 16, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 362-371
Description
Examines online newspaper forums showing how misinformation is perpetuating stereotypes and racist attitudes towards American Aboriginal people.
The Rationale for Developing a Programme of Services by and for Indigenous Men in a First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie George
Melody Morton Ninomiya
Kathryn Graham
Sharon Bernards Samantha Wells
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 158-167
Description
Article summarizes the results of the mixed-methods research conducted in Kettle & Stoney Plain First Nation that focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous Men. Research examines the factors that contribute to mental health issues, the experience of men seeking supports and services, and identifies ways to address mental health in this community.
Reclaiming Our Voices: Two Spirit Health & Human Service Needs in New York State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. Somjen Fraser
Harlan Pruden
Description
Findings from focus groups showed experiences of homophobic oppression, racism, stigma, and inadequate access to health care.
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Wholeness: Moving From Visions to Actions
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Arlene Moscovitch
Description
Looks at links between housing and tuberculosis, food security, health and mental health well-being Duration: 20:35.
Recruiting and Retention Concerns Health Care Team
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hansford
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 22
Description
Explores problems some Aboriginal communities have recruiting and retaining health care professionals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 56
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
Report on the Section 4 Review of Southeast Child and Family Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern First Nations Network of Care
Description
Review was triggered when a fourteen year girl from Little Grand Rapids First Nation hung herself in a garage in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was in the care of the Agency, which had placed her in the city. Both service delivery and operations were examined.
Resilience Moderates the Relationship Between Exposure to Violence and Posttraumatic Reexperiencing in Mi'kmaq Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Zahradnik
Sherry H. Stewart
Roisin M. O'Connor
Doreen Stevens
Michael Ungar ... [et al.]
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 408-420
Description
Comments on the goals and two key findings from the study.
The Resilience of Native American Elders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna M. Grandbois
Gregory F. Sanders
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, vol. 30, no. 9, 2009, p. 569–580
Description
Examines how American Indian elders have been able to adapt and overcome adversities to achieve well-being.
Restoring Balance: Determinants of Health and Depressive Symptoms in Aboriginal People
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisabeth Rachel Brass
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2010.
A Review of Engagement of Indigenous Australians within Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stacey L. Berry
Trevor P. Crowe
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-12
Description
Current literature indicates more culturally relevant programs are needed to increase participation and improve outcomes.
Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Youth Problem Gambling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. Will Shead
Jeffrey L. Derevensky
Rina Gupta
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2010, pp. [39]-58
Description
Looks at anxiety, depression, ADHD, poor academic performance, substance use, and delinquency as strong predictors.
Risk Factors Observed in Health Care System 6 Months Prior to Completed Suicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tommy Lauth Grundsøe
Michael Lynge Pedersen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study examined medical records of 160 people who completed suicide in Greenland between 2012 and 2015. Findings were compared with a control group of 160 people who had not suicided in order to assess if risk factors could be identified through medical contact in the six months prior to suicide completion.
The Role of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ in Understanding Harm Reduction Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Tara Lyons
Kathleen Cayer
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
The Role of the Elder within a Mainstream Addiction and Mental Health Hospital: Developing an Integrated Paradigm
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Ana Bodnar
Vern Harper
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.
Sailivik: A Place of Tranquility
Theses
Author/Creator
Cameron Bradshaw
Description
Landscape Architecture Thesis (MLA)--University of Manitoba, 2009.
Self-Esteem (Liking Ourselves)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anthony Dillon
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 23-24
Description
Looks at the necessity of high self-esteem for sound mental health and includes tips for raising self-esteem.
Seven Spans Thick: Exploring Resilience From the Perspectives of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Theses
Author/Creator
Charlotte Douglas Hardie
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2009.
Sexual Coercion, Resilience and Young Māori: A Scoping Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Helen Moewaka Barnes
Sixties Scoop, Historical Trauma, and Changing the Current Landscape about Indigenous People
Theses
Author/Creator
Shandel Valiquette
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2019.
The Social Determinants of Healthy Ageing in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Baron
Mylène Riva & Christopher Fletcher
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Uses data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to examine several different social determinants of health for Inuit living in northern regions.
Social Determinants of Mental Health and Well-Being Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Alternate Title
Mental Health and Well-Being Among Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Wingert
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2010.
The Society of Indian Psychologists
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gayle Morse
Pamela Deters
Jacqueline Gray
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lxix-lxxi
Description
Comments on the 23rd annual retreat and convention of the Society of Indian Psychologists.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page LXIX to access.
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Psychological Distress and Suicidal Behaviours among Indigenous Peoples Living Off-reserve in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mohammad Hajizadeh
Amy Bombay
Yukiko Asada
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 12, March 25, 2019, pp. E325-E336
Description
Study uses data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to measure income-related inequalities in the experience of psychological distress and suicidal behaviors in Aboriginal adults living off-reserve. Findings indicate that higher income and especially food security serve as a protective factor against mental health issues. Recommends policy that attends to these socioeconomic determinants of health.
Somatic Health in the Indigenous Sami Population: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Storm Mienna
Per Axelsson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
First systematic review of somatic health among Indigenous Sami; results indicate that the incidence of many diseases are similar to those for non-Sami peoples, and that there is a need for longitudinal studies.
Sources of Stress among Midwest American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica H. L. Elm
Melissa L. Walls
Benjamin D. Aronson
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 33-62
Description
Report uses an inductive/deductive analytical approach to analyze focus group transcripts from five tribal communities; constructs a Continuum of American Indian Stressor Model from categorization of nineteen stressor categories within four domains. Also identified poverty, genocide, and colonization as fundamental causes of contemporary stress and health outcomes and notes that stressors are generally experienced as chronic.
Spirit Beings, Mental Illness, and Murder: Fur Traders and the Windigo in Canada's Boreal Forest, 1774 to 1935
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn Smallman
Ethnohistory, vol. 57, no. 4, 2010, pp. [571]-596
Description
Looks at how Hudson's Bay Company traders viewed the Algonquian belief in the cannibal spirit, windigo.
Spirit Menders: The Expression of Trauma in Art Practices by Manitoba Aboriginal Women Artists
Theses
Author/Creator
Leah Marisa Fontaine
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
Spirituality and Aboriginal People's Social and Emotional Wellbeing: A Review
Alternate Title
CRCAH Discussion Paper Series ; no. 11
Discussion Paper (Cooperative Research Center for Aboriginal Health) ; no.11
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nerelle Poroch
Kerry Arabena
Julie Tongs
Steve Larkin
Jodie Fisher
Graham Henderson
Discussion Paper (Cooperative Research Center for Aboriginal Health)
Standing with Our American Indian and Alaska Native Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People: Exploring the Impact of and Resources for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenna P. Stumblingbear-Riddle
Ann K. Burlew
Daniel Gaztambide
Michelle R. Madore
Helen Neville
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 1
Description
Authors use an intersectional and trauma-informed approach to engage with the consequences of human trafficking for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people; they then consider resiliency factors, and make culturally informed recommendations to assist psychologists in working with survivors of trafficking.
State of the Inner City: Forest For the Trees: Reducing Drug and Mental Health Harms in the Inner City of Winnipeg
E-Books
Author/Creator
Erica Charron
Katharina Maie
Ellen Smirl
A Strength Based Approach: Responding to Violence Against Indigenous Women Case Study: North Point Douglas Women’s Centre, Winnipeg
Theses
Author/Creator
Juliana Coughlin
Description
Peace and Conflict Studies (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2019.
Stuck at the Border of the Reserve: Self-Identity and Authentic Identity amongst Mixed Race First Nations Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Jaime Mishibinijima Miller
Description
[Sociology and Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2010.
Suffering like a Broken Toy: Social, Psychological, and Cultural Impacts for Urban American Indians with Chronic Pain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elise AG Duwe
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 150-186
Description
Qualitative study with mixed methods design; uses in-depth surveys of forty self-identified American Indians living with chronic pain. Paper explores the experience of the participants and the factors of resiliency from which they draw strength.
Suicide among First Nations People, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)
Alternate Title
National Household Survey: Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mohan B Kumar
Michael Tjepkema
Suicide and Aboriginal Youth: Cultural Considerations in Understanding Positive Youth Development
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cynthia Howard
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 163-180
Description
Examines the need for culturally appropriate mental health services for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide and the importance of positive youth development to foster healthy mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development.
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Māori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Alternate Title
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Maori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Dallas-Katoa
Varona Golda
Maire Kipa
Raniera Dallas
Helen Leahy
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Digital and Data Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 49-60
Description
Presents the results of a data collection by health organizations on Te Waipounamu (New Zealand’s South Island). Whānau (families) that were interviewed noted the need for a culturally appropriate approach that included Whānau was needed for not only preventing suicide, but for mental healthcare generally.
Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jo-Ann Episkenew
Te huanga o te ao Māori : Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Māori Clients with Depression - Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Treatment Programme
Theses
Author/Creator
Simon Te Manihi Bennett
Description
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- Massey University, 2009.
Teaching American Indian Children About Mental Illness: Developing a Culturally Sensitive Curriculum About the Science of Mental Illness
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rebecca K. Dogan
William J. Warzak
Maurice Godfrey
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lxiv-lxviii
Description
Project goal is to develop a mental health curriculum sensitive to Native American values.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lxiv.
Through the Diamond Threshold: A Community-Based Psycho-Educational Group Training Program for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rockey R. Robbins
Bryan G. Stare
Brittany M. Riggin
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 79-105
Description
Describes a culturally relevant, community-based training program designed to increase awareness and promote healing related to substance use disorders. Program centers Indigenous traditions, collectivism, and historical context.
To Live to See the Great Day That Dawns: Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gallup
Macro International
Kauffman & Associates
Description
Purpose of guide is to support communities in the development of effective resources for suicide prevention.
Toward More Effective, Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention in Nunavut
Alternate Title
Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
[Art of the state (Montréal, Québec) ; v. 4]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jack Hicks
Description
Looks at statistical trends in number of suicides, age, sex, region and community. Discusses past and current research, areas for future study, and seven working hypotheses.
Excerpt from Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St-Hilaire.
Toward Understanding Suicide among Youths: Results From the White Mountain Apache Tribally Mandated Suicide Surveillance System, 2001-2006
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Britta Mullany
Allison Barlow
Novalene Goklish
Francene Larzelere-Hinton
Mary Cwik ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. 10, October 2009, pp. 1840-1848
Description
Findings of study are used to guide targeted suicide prevention programs.