Mental Health

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2012.

Comments on practical ways to address the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health of Indigenous peoples.

In a brief article, author contends that Western conceptions of "healing" have created a social welfare industry which serves as another method of assimilation.

Focuses on stories told by survivors during a conference held in British Columbia. Duration: 28:22

Overview of two year program which provides training to develop counseling, communication, and mental health skills. Also provides an overview of nature of alcoholism.

Includes books, journals, research reports and policy documents dealing specifically with the Maori.

Summarizes resources in the "Dr Randolph Bowers Collection" in the archive of the Mi'kmaq Resource Centre at Cape Breton University. Covers works collected by the author until 2007. General as well as Aboriginal material.

Describes the results of a 6 week trial which attempts to integrate current and traditional cultures in a positive manner.

Discusses contributing factors such as poverty, access to health care, physical illness, and organizational and systemic effects.

Looks at alcohol use and abuse as a coping mechanism in the lifestyle of isolated communities of the Australia outback.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Lethbridge, 2017.

Looks at the history of the first people of the Manning River Valley, the Birpai and the establishment of the Purfleet station in 1900.

Applied Psychology and Human Development (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2013.

Book review of: Blackfoot Redemption by William E. Farr.

Comments on the development of the Center, and summarizes suicide prevention before and after the realization of the Center.

Discusses study investigating risk factors for alcohol dependency among the Navajo.

Brief paper contains an overview of the history of the schools, a personal narrative and comment of the role of the Episcopal Church in healing.

Study conducted using interviews with 62 Alaska Native individuals who had attended schools or had parents who had experienced them. Looked at: disruption of family, multiple losses, coping strategies, and resilience.

Showed mental health outcomes for those attending boarding school fell in to five categories: severely impacted, ambivalent, positive, activated and driven.

Discusses the health compromising behaviours that are engaged in because young women are dissatisfied with their bodies.

Kinesiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Discusses Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn's film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open set in Vancouver, BC. The film is about the interactions between two Indigenous women in a lower income neighborhood.

Examines the connection between body and technology and wellness. Also seeks understanding of why local residents consider traditional activities a solution to social problems such as substance abuse.

Book review of: Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects edited by Russell Thornton.

Book reviews of 7 books: My Heart is a Stray Bullet, by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm; First Nations First Dogs, by Bryan D. Cummins; Thinking About Cultural Resource Management: Essays From the Edge, by Thomas F. King; Healing and Mental Health for Native Americans: Speaking in Red, edited by Ethan Nebelkopf and Mary Phillips; Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730, by Steven J. Oatis; The Red Man's on the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian and the Second World War, by R.

Book review of: Now Poof She is Gone by Wendy Rose.

Study employs a method of qualitative inquiry to interview six Aboriginal Latinx non-binary youth, and a narrative story map tool to analyze the data collected. Findings indicate a need for a culturally relevant and social justice–based training model for mental health care providers.

Describes the social and health problems of, 'petrol' (gasoline) sniffing by Aboriginal youth in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia.

"... shares reflections from participatory action research (PAR) and Indigenous approaches to research (IAR) team members on how they developed personally and professionally through involvement on two Indigenous-focused studies".

Report includes: explanation of methodology (report largely based on surveys), review of services available, Canadian Justice system, community care and social workers, summary of the extent of the problem in Ontario, proposals for action.

Reports on information gathered through a series of public hearings involving approximately 100 witnesses, including government officials, Aboriginal organizations, communities, service providers, and professional organizations, and a meeting with 50 Indigenous youth. Concludes with 28 recommendations

Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D)--Arctic University of Norway, 2017.

This qualitative study discusses the successful techniques and strategies that residents of the Seneca Nation of Indians used to quit smoking.

Discusses health disparities between Indigenous and other Australians in both care and innovative technology and how these disparities are being addressed.

Brief discussion of issues as well as recommendations in seven key areas: access to technology; service workforce and funding arrangements; mental health; family violence; prevention and early intervention; support for kinship carers; and family and cultural contact, reunification and permanent care.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 2001.

Report of investigation into factors that may have led to the suicide of an 18-year-old Métis youth who was under the care of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.

Study uses survey data from 207 males and 279 females from 2 Ontario First Nations to examine whether or not social support can offset the negative results of perceived racism, historical trauma and loss on depression and/or anxiety.

Provides information about alcohol misuse that is of practical benefit to community-based service providers. The article contributes to the scientific study on the relation between anxiety/mood symptoms and addictive behaviours.

Summary of Baseline Evaluation Report provides snapshot of childbearing population revealing need for support and treatment, awareness raising, and professional education and training.

Looks at joint project to develop a national agenda for research on cultural safety and cultural competence and framework for improving health care services for Aboriginal people. Related Material: Building Bridges 2: A Pathway to Cultural Safety, Relational Practice and Social Inclusion: Schedules "A" to "E" to Main Report. Building Bridges 1.

Topics include cultural safety, mental health and addictions, and social inclusion and exclusion. Related Material: Building Bridges Symposium Report. Building Bridges 2: A Pathway to Cultural Safety, Relational Practice and Social Inclusion: Final Report.

Symposium sponsored by the Native Mental Health Association of Canada and the Mood Disorders Society of Canada October 3 and 4, 2007 in Ottawa. Related Material: Building Bridges 2. Building Bridges 2: A Pathway to Cultural Safety, Relational Practice and Social Inclusion: Schedules "A" to "E" to Main Report.

Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.

Comments on strategies that may be the most effective tools to help decrease suicide and suicide attempt including community wellness and cultural competence strategies.

Discusses typology of gangs with four levels of progression through violence and intention. Makes recommendations based on five themes which emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports.

Results of interviews conducted to examine aspects of health including childhood development, personal health practices, and coping.

Describes the research process and results of a participatory project on how Indigenous girls and the female family members that care for them. Results show that flexible design that allows for intergenerational involvement can prove beneficial for both participants and for researchers.

Article reframes the discussion surrounding mental health recognizing that Indigenous peoples have a holistic view of health that encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and environmental spectrum of wellbeing. Notes implications for government policy and for frontline practice.