Mental Health

Screening tool used with 23 men looked at head and neck injuries over the life-course and included age, alteration of consciousness, medical treatment and symptoms. Participants were also asked about impacts on day-to-day living. Results indicate the need for screening by the Department of Corrections and culturally appropriate treatment.

Study conducted for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation using profiles of 127 former residential school students in BC. Concluded that "layers of trauma" may account for the mental and psychosocial problems experienced by survivors.

Discusses a conference which provides information for participants in improving health and behavioral health care.

Describes a range of treatments for mental health problems but cautions that all therapies have not been studied sufficiently on Native Americans.

Contends that treatment that follows the risk, need, and responsivity principles can reduce gang violence in correctional institutions and in the community.

On discharge, patients and therapists completed questionnaire rating self-defined ethnicity, how ethnicity was perceived by others, and use of language in variety of situations.

Discusses response for culturally appropriate mental health services in relation to the treaty and outcomes expected by Maori and health workers.

Examines the risk for alcoholism, diabetes, and depression in American Indian / Alaska Native populations in the U.S.

Discusses the cases, trials of, and outcomes for William Henry Jackson and Thomas Scott, two non-Indigenous participants in the North-West Resistance of 1885. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 41.

Looks at policies and recommendations to facilitate local tribal programs uniquely designed to promote spiritual and cultural traditions.

Describes culturally sensitive programs being delivered to Indigenous Australians to improve wellness and enhance familiarity with the health care system.

Article describes the presence and prevalence of discrimination based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental health, and other factors in social work education and in social work practice. Authors also discuss the backlash they experienced for their implementation and/or support of different equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) programs.

Looks at a parenting program to improve relationships between children and their parent/caregiver.

Discusses oral history project involving fifteen Māori mental health nurses and a snapshot of five interviewees' perspectives on improving outcomes by using culturally relevant interventions.

Interviews Inuit youth about experiences, stressors and resilience strategies in the community of Igloolik.

Examines primary research articles to discuss the negative health impact of Indigenous-themed sport team mascots and logos on Indigenous communities.

Argues that an integrated approach, incorporating both deprivation (influences external to the individual) and importation (internal to the individual) theory, is necessary when analyzing risk factors for suicide in the inmates.

Looks at a disorder known as Arctic Hysteria which affects different cultural groups living in circumpolar regions.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Toledo, 1999.

Explores men's family histories and looks for links between homelessness and intergenerational trauma.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--McGill University, 2017.

Reports that partnerships are formed due to the shared need among healthcare providers to reduce barriers to equitable access of quality health care for all northerners.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017.

Discusses prevalence, root causes, and health impacts of depression among Aboriginal people in Canada.

Covers issues associated with provision of services to the visual and hearing impaired, and those with limited mobility and hidden disabilities. Content includes independent living, employment, assertive technology, housing, advocacy, and applicable federal laws.

Brief response to the article "Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Specialty Treatment Services and Race/Ethnicity: a National Study of Children and Families Involved with Child Welfare," by A. M. Libby in American Journal of Public Health vol. 96, 2006 at pages 628-631.

Health Promotions Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2004.

Provides three case studies that illustrate the implications for counselors.

Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2018.

Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.

Kinesiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Nipissing University, 2021.

Contends that the consistency across continents is that social environments are a major factor underlying suicide.

Discusses effects on long-term brain function and provides information for developing programs for wellness promotion.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2017.

Looks at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual condition of Aboriginal women with a neurological condition and relationship to their caregivers.

Presents basic beliefs concerning wellness and unwellness and seven practical recommendations that are important for working effectively with a Native American client.

Examined data from mandated self-injury registry between 2007 and 2010 from 352 individuals aged 15-24.

Examines study of relationships among race/ethnicity, age, and level of educational attainment among drug users.

Results of gathering of representatives from several AIDS organizations, funders, federal and provincial governments, Tripartite First Nations Health Plan staff, and researchers which discusses and identifies strategies and challenges faced in ending the HIV epidemic.

Project involved interviewing participants from the communities of Igloolik and Qikiqtarjuaq. Common themes were: loneliness, romantic relationship problems, family problems, anger at family or romantic partners, hiding suicidal thoughts or distress, and youth copying each other.

Presents a study which demonstrates that family life is essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being and that interventions for mental health promotion should be community-based and family centered.

Looks at the First Nations Action and Support Team (FAST) program partnered by the Wet'suwet'en, Gitxsan, Tsimshian and Nisga'a First Nations.

Author comments on attending 3 learning experiences in North America and the information he gained from each one. "A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust funded learning experience to Canada and the United States, June 2015".