Reconciliation in Mental Health
Alternate Title
International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership 2015
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Hopkins
Description
Looks at transforming the mental health systems and services using Indigenous knowledge and culture, to benefit Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Presentation from the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership meeting held September 21-22, 2015 in Vancouver, B.C.
Duration: 19:06.
Reconciling Evidence-based Practice and Cultural Competence in Mental Health Services: Introduction to a Special Issue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 2, 2015, pp. 139-149
Description
Introduction to articles from conference about the merging of evidence based practice and cultural competence held at the University of Michigan with anthropologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social work researchers.
Reconsidering American Indian Historical Trauma: Lessons From an Early Gros Ventre War Narrative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, 2014, pp. 387-406
Description
Discusses a story told by an older Gros Ventre woman in 1901 to an anthropologist about an intertribal battle and her escape and American Indian historical trauma.
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.
The Red Fox Program For Aboriginal Children and Youth: An Analysis of the Benefits of Exercise Used to Assist in Management of Typical Health Concerns Present in this Demographic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Apps
Sage Laboucan
Denis Smajlovic
Jade Spencer-Tam
Michael Wong ... [et al.]
Description
Overview of program started by Vancouver Parks Board in partnership with the Vancouver Native Health Society and Board of Education to promote physical activity.
Redressing First Nations Historical Trauma: Theorizing Mechanisms for Indigenous Culture as Mental Health Treatment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 5, Local Responses to Trauma and PTSD, 2013, pp. 683-706
Description
Looks at traditional cultural practices as treatment to heal a residential school survivor in a community outpatient treatment program in Manitoba.
Reflections of an Indigenous Counsellor: Sharing the Journey - Therapist and Person?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Pratt
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S54-S57
Description
Comments on some of the constraints of mainstream therapeutic methodologies and makes suggestions to ensure a therapeutic setting for both client and therapist.
The Relationship Between Diabetes Self-Efficacy and Diabetes Self-Care in American Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Turner DePalma
Lisa H. Trahan
Jessenia M. Eliza
Aimee E. Wagner
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 22, no. 2, 2015, pp. 1-22
Description
Survey results from 119 participants indicated that many considered themselves responsible for the onset of disease.
Relationship Building for a Healthy Future: Indigenous Youth Pathways for Resiliency and Recovery
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney C. Haring
Bonnie Freeman
Alfred L. Guiffrida
Michael L. Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Study discusses reasons why youth are resisting use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in their communities.
Relationships between Stressful Life Events, Psychological Distress and Resilience among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hains
Jacinthe Dion
Isabelle Daigneault
Pierre McDuff
International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 4-15
Description
Study involved 207 students recruited from two secondary schools located in the Innu communities of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Côte Nord, Quebec.
Release the Evidence, Says UBCIC's Stewart Phillip
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shauna Lewis
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, p. 8
Description
Comments on the request for full disclosure of evidence, regarding the injury of a man while in police custody, by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Relocating to a New or Pre-existing Social Housing Unit: Significant Health Improvements for Inuit Adults in Nunavik and Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Riva
Christopher Fletcher
Philippe Dufresne
Karine Perreault
Gina Muckle ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 1, February 2020, pp. 21-30
Description
Study collected baseline data and follow-up data on 102 participants 1-6 months before and 15–18 months after rehousing. Results: majority of participants reported lowered levels of psychological distress, lowered levels of daily stress, and lowered levels of asthmatic symptoms.
Remembering Where I Came From
Alternate Title
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michael Hart
Description
Introduces the topic of the book, an Aboriginal approach to helping in the context of social work.
Chapter 1 from Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping by Michael Hart.
Reparations: Theory, Practice and Education
Alternate Title
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor & the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Georges Erasmus
Description
Discusses the role of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in dealing with a variety problems of arising from the residential school system, and argues that a healing environment must be included in the compensation process.
Report and Recommendations on Issues Related to the High Number of Murdered and Missing Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials (Criminal) Missing Women Working Group
Description
Information about: factors which lead to venerability, characteristics of predators, major cases involving serial murders, responses to reported cases, prevention and safety planning for potential victims, the role of media, and the trial process.
Report on Djirruwang Student Conference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Muk Muk Burke
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, January/February 2008, pp. 16-17
Description
Report celebrates the final major academic work of ten third year students in the Bachelor of Health Science Degree (Indigenous Mental Health) program.
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.
Report to Southcentral Foundation, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, [and] Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation: Earth (Education and Research Towards Health) Research Project
Alternate Title
Prospective Study of Alaska Native and American Indian People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne P. Lanier
Gretchen Day
Elvin Asay
Diana Redwood
Description
Looks at data on protective and risk factors for multiple chronic diseases. Information gathered between March 2004 and August 2006.
Related Material: Data Summary.
Reported Symptomatology of Native Canadian and Caucasian Females Sexually Abused in Childhood: A Comparison
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanne L. Barker-Collo
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 14, no. 7, July 1999, pp. 747-760
Description
Looks at the impact of cultural specific behaviours and values which may have an effect on sexually abused Aboriginal Canadians and interfere with seeking services or accusing the perpetrator.
Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness for Indigenous Australians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaelea Skehan
Gail Garvey
Paul Scott
Australian Journalism Review, vol. 27, no. 2, December 2005, pp. 25-42
Description
Consultation to gather information from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to investigate their opinions and understandings about negative and positive effects of media coverage on suicide, mental health and mental illness.
Research Report: Healing from Complex Trauma and Abuse: An Exploration of Integrated Western and Traditional Indigenous Mental Health Services at Anishnawbe Health Toronto
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Reeves
Description
Qualitative study used narrative inquiry to interview traditional practitioners about their understandings of the consequences of sexual trauma and abuse, and the methods of treatment they applied.
Research Reservations: Response and Responsibility in an American Indian Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 37, no. 3-4, June 2006, pp. 183-189
Description
Overview of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana and the search for a Gros Ventre Elder to conduct community action research with.
Research Strategies in the Study of Shamanism and Anomalous Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stanley Krippner
Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 2, no. 1-2, March 1991, pp. 13-19
Description
Presents examples gathered by various methods including firsthand and controlled observations, studies and experiments
A Research Study to Determine Perceptions of Job-Related Stress by Bureau of Indian Affairs Education Employees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Sue Warner
Jim Hastings
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [16-29]
Description
Findings indicated differences in the levels of perceived stress depending on the type job position held at a school.
Research Summary: Aboriginal Peoples' Experiences of Mental Health and Addictions Care
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Victoria Smye
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, pp. 9-10
Description
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.
The Residential School Project
Alternate Title
Pressure Point
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brad Newcombe
Bob Joseph
Shane Pointe
Sharon Thera
Description
Discussion on the history of residential schools and the impact of the abuse on the children, their families, and the community.
Duration: 27:38.
Residential School Syndrome
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles R. Brasfield
British Columbia Medical Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, March 2001
Description
Looks at how many residential school survivors present symptoms that are similar to those of post-traumatic stress disorder.