Mental Health

Study involved 579 participants from eight communities responding to four health-related questions: individual health concerns about drinking tap water; household concerns about drinking tap water; reported impact on physical health; and reported impact on mental health.

Study uses structural equation modeling to look at the relationship between anxiety, symptoms of depression, and family influences. Shows culture and family socialization affect symptoms in youth.

Exploration of the Indigenous role in the Arts and how this can contribute to a sense of well being.

Discusses several different models for mental health care noting that none can stand alone.

Social Work Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2009.

Comparison between a Native American group and a predominately white group using Bem Sex Role Inventory shortform. Researchers believe their findings may help mental health professionals understand their clients better and avoid stereotyping.

Discussion of various aspects of altered states of consciousness (ASCs) including types, stimulus situations and the physiology associated with them.

Argues that the parallels drawn between shamanism and schizophrenia are unfounded.

Critique of the article, Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia by Julian Silverman in American Anthropology Vol. 69, no. 1, p. 21-31.

Analyzes behaviour of some shamans in particular societies and schizophrenics in European society using a five-stage cognitive model.

Comments on the article, Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia by Julian Silverman in American Anthropology vol. 69, no. 1, page 21-31.

Argues that shamans are neither strange beings nor borderline psychotics.

Describes how concept of reintegrative shaming differs from that of stigmatization or disintegrative shaming and the implications for crime rates.

Looks at exploring the cultural perceptions of mental illness and improving First Nation peoples access to the mental health care system.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2008.

Report finds that suicide prevention requires culturally-grounded solutions that are community-based and community-driven as well as partnerships between researchers and Indigenous Peoples.

Argues that the discipline should move away from its focus on the individual to a more communal, holistic approach in light of new global challenges.

Author and poet discusses living "in between" mainstream and Native American culture, the consequences of tribalism, being bipolar, and social media. Duration: 39:19.

Thematic findings included: impact of bullying and cyberbullying; lack of emotional support, physical safety, and activities; impact of substance misuse; and how these issues effect emotional and mental wellness. Includes calls to action for provincial and federal governments.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2012.

Human and Social Development Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, [20--?].

Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A,)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Looks at Oglala Sioux students from elementary and high schools on Pine Ridge Reservation to find reasons for the decline in academic achievement.

Study works from a position of trauma informed education principles to engage 16 Indigenous students, 10 instructors, and 9 administrators in semi-structured interviews; findings explore the participants’ perceptions of the relationship between Intergenerational Trauma (IGT) and educational experience. Considers potential strategies for improving outcomes by addressing the resulting issues of IGT.

Discusses the disruptions to American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) nations as a result of ongoing colonialism.

Study conducted to examine the relationship using a sample of 80 people.

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2019.

Introduces the essays and poems in this volume including an essay on residential school survivors and an Inuit skin grafting experiment.

Book review of Skin for Skin by Gerald M. Sider.

Looks at the unique cultural psychology of space and place coming from an interview with an Native American on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation.

Looks at the relationship between individuals and social capital, and how that relationship affects an individuals resilience.

Examines contributing factors such as income, gender, education, community crime, pollution and the ways that people interact.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Uses data from the 2009 Victorian Population Health Survey and telephone surveying to determine if psychological distress is an important health risk factor.

Looks at statistical data to determine suicide rates are higher among young Inuit men than women, of the same age, and of their peers in Denmark, southern Canada and United States. To access this article, scroll down to page 30.

Discusses challenges faced for prenatal and infant care, obesity, mental health, smoking, infectious disease, suicide, self-perception, racism and colonialism and looks at resilience factors.

Summarizes baseline information for the 207 Aboriginal families that participated in the study. Includes demographics, education, employment and more.

Uses data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to examine several different social determinants of health for Inuit living in northern regions.

Looks at key determinants of Inuit health disparities and provides solutions to address those disparities.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2010.

Examines risk and protective factors affecting Aboriginal mental health outcomes using the stress process model.

Concludes that Aboriginal people in the United States live in an adverse and violent environment that places them at higher risk for exposure to traumatic experiences.

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.