Mental Health

Study findings suggest greater attention by health care providers to treatment priorities and an increased social and educational focus.

Uses results of parent/caregivers satisfaction interviews and surveys to evaluate the Pathways Youth Program, which integrates culturally appropriate approaches to teaching about health and wellness.

Presents the experiences of a psychologist and a social worker developing and piloting two culturally appropriate community based mental health programs for rural Aboriginal communities.

Proposed study would involve sample of children aged 8 to 18 to evaluate whether using the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM)© screening and triage process would lead to early identification and better emotional outcomes.

Examines the benefits of community-based research to look at the impact of sports participation for Indigenous youth and ways to enhance those sport experiences.

Outlines the research process, key challenges and lessons learned in a collaborative First Nations suicide prevention project conducted with eight north-western Manitoba First Nations communities.

Examines the meaning of healing among the staff and clients of a Native American community-based counseling program regarding the therapeutic approach used to address the harmful psychosocial legacy of the Aboriginal residential schools.

Chapter from Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice edited by Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie. Material presented as exhibit 131 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.

Looks into 6 suicides in a span of 3 months in an isolated northern Manitoba First Nations community.

Looks at combined quantitative and qualitative results drawing attention to cultural issues affecting Mi'kmaq teens' drinking behaviours.

Looks at providing social services to people living in remote Arctic communities of the Northwest Territories.

Applied Human and Community Development (M.Sc.)--California School of Professional Psychology, 2003.

Presents the author's experience of childhood sexual abuse.

Covers different types of violence, best practices, and culturally relevant resources to help Aboriginal women.

Discusses healing in Aboriginal communities and argues that the traditional concept of social security does not work with Aboriginal communities and must be revised to suit their needs.

Discusses programs which have been implemented at tribal colleges and universities in the United States to help improve health and social ills.

Uses findings from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey and census data to investigate the effect of socio-economic characteristics and features of neighbourhood organization. Chapter from Exploring the Urban Landscape edited by Jerry P. White and Jodi Bruhn. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

Identifies gaps, barriers, and solutions associated with mental health services in Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia.

Study shows that psychiatric issues in the Arctic appear to be connected to interpersonal, socioeconomic and societal changes.

Describes the concept of community resilience and how it applies to Aboriginal communities.

Discusses root causes and barriers to treating opioid addiction in rural and remote northern communities; describes success of land and community based healing strategies and issues a call to medical regulators and government bodies to implement these programs alongside opioid agonist therapy.

Review of literature and international best practices, with focus on Canada.

Comments on topics for future priorities regarding policy development identified by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee and the Emotional and Social Well Being working party's role in mental health well being.

Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.

Public Policy Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2007.

Study shows staff attitudes toward out-patient therapy resulted in shorter hospital stays and fewer follow up appointments for Indian and Métis patients when compared with control patients (non-Indian, non-Métis) in the Psychiatric Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Study looks at negative prejudicial attitudes, in 102 volunteer participants, using three measures.

Examines the similarities and differences between Euro-Western approaches to counselling and Aboriginal healing methods.

Studies the strengths and weaknesses of existing measures.

Looks at school related outcomes and self-concept from a sampling of grade 4 - 8 students in northwestern Ontario. Results indicate Aboriginal students have the same or higher self-worth and competence compared to non-Aboriginal students.

Looks at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) scores in relation to acculturation strategies.

Study found that Indigenous youth suffered from more depressive symptoms, discrimination, and generalized anxiety, and were more likely to have initiated substance abuse than the rest of the cohort.

Looks at comparisons between urban Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women regarding physical abuse, physical health and mental health.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2008.

Abstracts of works in the Research Series. Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton. Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.

Looks at the pros and cons of using the nosological category and the Independent Assessment Process to claim compensation for abuses and wrong doings for victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Study conducted to describe characteristics of those who had died, identify antecedents and correlates and determine if those at high risk could be identified by nonspecialist health care professionals.

Elders from Saskatchewan discuss their beliefs about death and dying. Duration: 54:01.

Explores one woman's experience of intimate partner violence and the subsequent murder of her abusive partner.

Identifies risk factors such as culture and intergenerational trauma and ways to lessen poor health outcomes resulting in suicide.

Describes the various conditions that affect Aborigines and non-Aborigines and recommends methods for health care workers to reduce unease and improve treatment outcomes.

Education and Human Development Thesis (Ed.D.)--George Washington University, 1996.

Discusses the connection between historically traumatic events and contemporary stressors on individuals, families, and communities.

Study uses scale to assess the feeling of belonging (or lack thereof) experienced by two groups of American Indian students, and test its validity for use with this specific population. Further analysis examines how a sense of belonging might act as a protective factor against health and education disparities.

Contends that mental health services and health promotion must be directed at both individual and community levels. Chapter 20 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gregory M. Brass, and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

American Indian Vietnam Veterans Project (AIVVP) conducted interviews with veterans covering the areas of premilitary history (including childhood), Vietnam experience, and postservice factors, as well as symptoms of mental illness.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Western Ontario, 2013.

Human Ecology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2005.