Mental Health

This study examines the context, function, and consequences of binge drinking among 69 youth from the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), and looks specifically at it as factor in self-harming behaviours.

Comments on 10 goals and initiatives the Native Mental Health Association of Canada has committed to.

Article chronicles differences between neglect and abuse and the various forms of each.

Based on interviews with 17 foster parents and 15 frontline workers and managers in the system, and a literature review. Purpose of study was to identify strengths, gaps, and trends, examine practice patterns, and identify needs of both parents and workers.

Based on 10 telephone interviews with government and non-government frontline workers and literature review. Identifies challenges (communication within division or department, role clarity, confidentiality, support for "non-acute" children, need for support and relief, and lack of continuity) and best practices (early intervention, holistic service, interagency information sharing, empowerment and skill-development for patients and families, culturally safe practice, professional development, and clinical supervision).

Overview of first phase of multi-year program includes environmental scan, questionnaires and literature review for assessment.

Annotated list of material published between 1978 and 2016.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Alliant International University, 2004.

Clinical Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2001.

[Anthropology] Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.

Outlines some programs which have benefited from money distributed from the healing fund.

Examines the methods, interviews, instruments and findings of surveys done by the CIET (Community Information Empowerment and Transparency) in order to study individual's sense of coherence, spirituality, knowledge, pride in one’s heritage, self-esteem, and other factors.

Survey to determine whether the relationship between psychosocial factors and smoking of other populations is the same as that in First Nations.

Book review of: The Circle Game by Roland Christjohn and Sherri Young.

Book review of: The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada by Roland Chrisjohn, Sherri Young, Michael Maraun. Book review found by scrolling to page 226.

Discusses the therapeutic value of storytelling.

Explains the challenges that confront people when forming a Circle of Healing.

Information regarding Native American and Native Alaskan health service programs being developed for children with "serious emotional and behavioral disturbances."

Evaluation initiative did not impose a rigid top down plan but allowed for varied local solutions.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2003.

Clinical Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1997.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2015.

Database covers wide range of health conditions and search results may be narrowed by geographic region, peoples, publication types, etc.

Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.

Looks at research pertaining to impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation in the areas of sovereignty and self-determination, culture and cultural identity, Indigenous community health indicators, and economies and livelihoods.

Study suggests that while use of sea ice can result in physical injury, there are also benefits related to mental/emotional, spiritual, social and cultural health which need to be considered when discussing the impact of changing environmental conditions.

Discusses the psychological and social impact of climate change on communities in the Arctic.

Describes the recent positive developments at the Mental Health Services Conference Summer Forum.

Looks at characteristics of adolescent suicide, patterns of suicide, and intervention strategies during a suicide cluster.

Reports on the scarcity of bereavement support training for those assisting family and friends of the victims of suicide.

Review suggests that co-morbid states are a frequent finding in children and adolescents.

Study documents co-occurring seasonal affective disorder (SAD) symptomatology in patients with schizophrenia at high latitude.

Criminal Justice Thesis (Ph.D.)--University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), 2010.

Comments on the significant improvements in students who participated in the culturally modified version of the Adolescent Coping with Depression course.

Looks at various collaborative care models and interviews administrators, clinicians, and Inuit families about expectations for mental health services and care.

Book review of: Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy Tataihono by Wiremu Niania, Allister Bush and David Epson.

In this piece the authors discuss the funding, structure, goals, and vision of The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s (CRCAIH) Partnership River of Life to provided context for the rest of the special issue which shares some of the research and community results which came out of the partnership.

Comments on a compelling and thought-provoking carving entitled The Suicide. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

Looks at the inner psychic conflicts of American Indian boarding school students in Indian boarding school environments, the interactions between aspects of the school environment, and the cultural and political beliefs complex process of assimilation that occurs in Indian boarding school residential settings.

Authors examine colonial traumas—Indigenous separation from land, culture, and relations—which occur as a result of ongoing and neo-colonial practices, as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ physical and mental health.

Looks at the influences of colonialism on Aboriginal mental health with emphasis on the effects of intergenerational trauma on communities.

Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.

Educational Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Regina, 2005.

Through 20 in-depth interviews project gathered information on socio-cultural context, state of mental health and well-being during process, and supports which were relied upon.

Discusses research in Indigenous studies using three themes: worldview and ethics, culturally based research methods and researching both the sources and symptoms of disadvantage.

Discusses the need to address underlying causes of child welfare cases and physical neglect such as poverty, alcohol or substance abuse, emotional disorders and inadequate social support systems.