Mental Health

Looks at the difficulty to design, implement, and fund a healing program.

Primarily statistics from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), combined with some from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS).

Book review of: The Crisis of Chronic Disease Among Aboriginal Peoples: A Challenge for Public Health, Population Health and Social Policy by J. Reading.

Copy of Appendix 1 of Choosing Life: Special Report on Suicide Among Aboriginal People. Concerns identified in report apply to Australian Aboriginal suicide.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Ethnic Studies (M.A.)--Colorado State University, 2016.

Findings confirm that the scale is a valid tool across diverse cultural groups.

Findings showed that Sami parents reported fewer perceptions of problems than Norwegian parents did.

Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Western Ontario, 2012.

Explores the junction between culture-infused counselling practice and play therapy.

Response to an article which equates suicide with 'destructive rage and self-destructive withdrawal' and does not provide any alternative perspectives.

Discusses why some Aboriginal communities are free of suicide while others have an epidemic. Chapter 10 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

Discusses how the forced introduction of European culture and values to Aboriginal societies began a cycle of social, physical, and spiritual destruction in Native communities.

Case study of an aboriginal youth sent from a rural reserve to an urban centre for psychiatric treatment. Some success was noted by encouraging him to develop an Ojibway identity.

Authors connect the health and well-being of Indigenous males with the practice of cultural identities, obligations, and kinship systems; make policy recommendations that aim to improve the cultural engagement and consequently the well-being of Indigenous men.

Educational and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.

Authors examine the comparatively low suicide rate among the Unangax, an Indigenous group in Alaska, and the protective factors that are at play in their communities in order to make recommendations for suicide prevention strategies; advocate for culturally relevant and identity affirming mental health services.

Counseling Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Dakota, 1998.

Examines gender and identity, social acceptance by tribal communities and families, and health risks specific to American Indian gay men.

Focuses on the cultural perspective of clinical mental health of the Puyallup community and its applications to other Native American communities.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Examines some of the root causes of mental illness among marginalized, disenfranchised and poor populations.

Looks at the need for cultural awareness of the spiritual beliefs of amputee patients for positive care.

Discusses practices that use traditional culture-based American Indian healing methods to integrate within system of care model.

Studies the strategies and programs for suicide prevention in various American Indian/Alaska Native communities and offers policy-change recommendations based on each communities needs.

Survey results reveal the need to develop more cultural awareness training and recommendations for more research in this area.

Study group consisted of nine men and four women recruited from two minimum security healing lodges, a psychiatric treatment centre, and a medium security institution, who took part in focus groups or individual interviews. All had decreased or ceased engaging in self-harming behavior.

Study includes 13 Indigenous offenders and 14 corrections staff who participated in focus groups or personal interviews about non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and its treatment. Responses are analyzed using a culturally informed qualitative approach. Culturally-informed and culturally-based interventions appear fundamental in reducing NSSI.

Discusses programs that have been shown or have the potential to reduce misuse and promote well-being. Seventy-one were reviewed using both Western evaluation methods as well as those developed and refined using practice-based evidence.

Suggests that attitudes and rituals in Native American communities may have mitigated the post-traumatic stress experienced by veterans.

Examines how Elcho youth deal with conflicts between traditional and Western culture.

Phase 4 of the project involved validating the Cultural Connectedness Scale – California using a sample of 344 Indigenous adults from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Results of interviews with 16 study participants grouped into five themes: identity, family and community, violence, systemic racism/colonialism, social networks/supports, and resiliency and integrity.

Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics, Native cultural participation, trauma, physical and mental health and substance use.

Demonstrates that two-spirit people reported higher rates of childhood physical abuse, more historical trauma in their families, higher levels of psychological symptoms, more mental health service utilization as well as differences in patterns of alcohol use and were more likely to have used illicit drugs other than marijuana

Argues that the Windigo phenomenon cannot be cured by nutritional methods and indicates its cause is not clearly related to nutrition either.

Looks at the success of programs that are community-based and involve active partnerships across sectors.

Brief overview of the unique contextual factors underlying the mental health challenges faced by First Nations and Inuit communities.

Discusses aspects of undergraduate psychiatric nursing practicums done in correctional facilities and implications of the co-existence of concepts of "custody and caring" in such institutions.

Results indicate increased call out rate on weekends and Mondays for cardiovascular issues, and mental and behavioural disorders.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2005.

Focusses on rash of suicides in the village of Povungnituk, Nunavik. Duration: 17:18.

Discusses problems training health workers to recognize changes in behavior and personality.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.