Substance Use, Abuse & Treatment

Considering technological and distance challenges, education was considered worthwhile with a ninety percent completion rate.

Explores to what limited extent Russian colonizers supplied Alaskan Natives with alcohol.

Reports on the widespread use of sweat lodges, including in Oregon.

Comments on two homeless youths who found success through the Leadership and Resiliency Program.

Documents life and death of 18 year-old and the lack of coordination of services to address his problems.

Presents the findings of study after assessing students from two grade 4 classrooms.

Book review of: Dog Ear Cafe by Andrew Stojanovski. Review located by scrolling to page 291.

Donna Gamble speaks candidly as a mother and an outreach worker about her motivations and ongoing struggle with addiction. Duration: 50:35.

Reports on the impact of one or both parents suffering from alcohol abuse and the s on family life.

Authors examine the intersecting social, economic, racial, and colonial/systemic factors that create a reality for Indigenous women living in the Vancouver DTES that includes elevated incidences of poverty, violence, substance use, and health concerns. Provide commentary and recommendations surrounding the creation of policy, programs, and interventions.

Reports on a project that provides a culturally safe environment where women could recover from mental illnesses and substance abuse by employing art therapeutically.

Examines how alcohol has adversely affected many Alaskan communities.

Looks at the reasons for heavy drinking in the villages of Sheshatshiu and Davis Inlet, different approaches to healing, and some personal experiences.

Concludes that daily drinking, binge drinking and heavier drinking were each associated with an increased likelihood of injury and the underlying cause of death.

"This article explores the complex connections between alcohol and the construction of Indigenous status and space in two seemingly disparate colonial contexts, eastern North America and northern Fennoscandia".

Examines how Aboriginal parenting traditions have been undermined by boarding schools, urban relocation and foster care.

Assess whether there are specific motives which affect the drinking and binge drinking behavior of Inuit youth; survey of 174 youth finds motives to include enhancement, social, and coping, some gender variation in motivators.

Study designed to document the prevalence of alcoholic liver disease in Greenlanders with a high alcohol intake, and to describe and compare the populations of patients with alcohol addiction in Greenland and Denmark.

Reports on the problems faced by female Aboriginals and migrants from other countries in inner city Sydney, Australia.

Brief report on initiative developed by the Aboriginal Substance Abuse Action Team in New South Wales, Australia and some of the participants.

Comparative study of some aspects of shamanic drug use for therapeutic mind-expansion and issues in modern drug addictions and dependencies.

Surveyed 27 institutions for the Drug and Alcohol Problems and Solutions Study to analyze policies and their efficiencies.

Examines the relationship between mobility patterns of injection drug users and the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Study conducted in 2006 found younger users reported significantly different drug use patterns and higher rates of risk behaviours than their older counterparts.

Examines the connection between AIDS and drug addiction and why it is rampant in the Aboriginal population.

Compares how status and wealth are linked to the drugs that are consumed by different socio-economic groups around the world.

Examines the evolution of Indigenous substance abuse treatment in Australia.

Study provides results that suggest DARTNA would be useful for all American Indian/Alaska Natives with substance use disorders and the results can be used to finalize a treatment manual.

Describes annual conference that focuses on the teaching of traditional values and beliefs by Native American Elders.

Discusses the Australian government's initiative, InfoNet to recognize the importance of sharing health information. NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)

Story of a man's struggle with alcohol, depression and bipolar disease.

Studied the onset age and rate of consumption of drugs, alcohol and tobacco and showed that over 70% used at least one substance by age 12.

Report looks into four questions: why students leave secondary school prior to graduation, which factors help students to stay in school, do these factors vary in nature with different populations of young people and what are the implications of the research for policy and practice.

Comments on the correlation between suicide, alcohol, and substance abuse as well as unemployment and poverty.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alberta, 1980.

Looks into reforming the policies that are causing deprivation so that Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders can access the same choices and living standards as other Australians.

Overview of articles in the issue.

Introduction to special issue featuring innovative approaches for healing combining Western medicine and traditional healing.

Introduction to journal issue focusing on smoking, stroke, special needs for the elderly and mental health.

Introductory editorial to a themed issue focusing on five papers presented at this conference held in 1999.

Introductory article to issue states that in spite of the diversity of topics the articles are connected by common themes and conclusions.

Introduces the articles in this issue which focus on the area of prevention and mental health promotion.

Overview of issue articles highlighting traditional support and innovative projects for healthier lifestyles, the state of HIV in communities, information on current rates of HIV, substance use, STIs and other risk factors.

Special issue looks at present-day behavioral health and substance abuse treatment practices.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Charles Sturt University, [2010].

Presents a study on the effects of alcohol and gambling with both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal participants.