Mental Health

Comments that due to the ongoing tragedy of Indigenous adolescent suicide in Australia all possible interventions should be considered including life-promoting programs.

Reports on concerns with pesticides, children's health and mental illness in adults.

Statement was composed by Aboriginal people at a 1979 meeting sponsored by The Australian Foundation of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (AFADD).

Examines a program developed for urban Native women that focuses on restoring a sense of sacred interconnection and developing spiritual practices incorporating traditional teachings.

Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2011.

Argues that inclusion of Indigenous peoples in policy decision-making is essential for developing policies that address health inequalities. Paper from An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.

Researchers are working to reduce barriers in academia by incorporating Indigenous worldviews, and building relationships and capacity with research partners.

Reprint of articles from Humanities.

Looks at the physical and mental health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

Describes unique system created by the tribe to track and triage deaths, attempts, and ideation, and the community programming developed to identify at-risk youth and increase coping skills and resiliency. Analysis of the data collected showed that the age-adjusted suicide rates had decreased from 40 to 24.7 per 100,000.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2003.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2006.

Interviews with 21 youth discovered that maintaining social and cultural connections was crucial to mental wellbeing.

Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Compares American Indian and Alaska Native youth with non-AI/AN youth in terms of several psycho-social factors of disparity and resiliency. The authors make recommendations for interventions and further studies.

Results provide a general idea of the scope of mental and other associated health issues.

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Highlights the Community Health Demonstration Program. To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

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Highlights the establishment of the Environmental Health Services directorate and the National Indian and Inuit Health Conference. To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search, 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

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Highlights the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP). To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

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Study used a sample of 12 teachers involved with 213 Mohawk children between the ages of 29-60 months who attended the Step by Step Child and Family Center of Kahnawake, Quebec. Goal was to assess the Ages and Stages questionnaire as a culturally appropriate tool to recognize young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties. Article in French.

Study shows the long term effects that government policy has had on Indigenous people, particularly the youth.

Examines how participants understand the roots of their depression, what they do about their depression, and how formal service provision might better respond to their needs.

Results from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 72 participants.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 2009.

Asserts that depression is not a disorder caused by whites and it is not caused only by the presence of whites.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington University in St. Louis, 2005.

Excerpt from, Australian Rural Practice states that the author feels that either Aboriginal persons suffer less from depression or they put up with more suffering than non-Aboriginals.

In his book, The Dark People of Bourke Dr. Kamien wrote that Aboriginal people had living conditions more stressful than those of Whites.

Delves into an epidemiologic study of depression and suicide in Native American adolescents. Article located by scrolling to page 81.

Discusses goals for the assessment of this program.

Study identifies four main categories of well-being: health as a resource, a beneficial lifestyle, positive experience of life course, and favourable social relationships.

Using interviews with Māori youth to examine their views on the free online game, Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-Factors (SPARX), designed to help with their mental health.

Looks at perspective of parents, youths and service providers on culturally relevant treatment methods for development of a needs assessment.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook Institute, 1995.

Comments on a group of women who left a life of problems and antisocial behaviour and adopted a positive view of themselves.

Presents poem by Australian author used as tool to survive in face of the stigma of mental illness.

Reports on the results obtained from self-assessment questionnaires filled out by residents and then compared to other areas such as Prince George.

Reviews literature on culturally restorative practices, best practices for successful engagement with Aboriginal populations, thematic of Aboriginal development, as well as implications for child and youth services.

Analyzes the process of this evaluation and what it means to communities, evaluators and policymakers.

Explains the development and historical background of the program.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.