Substance Use, Abuse & Treatment

Final sample consisted of 1,949 adults, 798 teenagers and 1,038 children.

Website contains links to: information, services and programs in the areas of diabetes, drug & alcohol, employment information, counselling, youth outreach, family support and the Tillicum Learning Centre.

Suggests that the N-O-T program offers a useful and feasible cessation option for Native American youth in North Carolina.

Discusses the two day educator training program for the Northern Territory's Alcohol and Drug Program.

Examines the link between racism and gambling and how it can contribute to post traumatic stress disorder and addictions.

Study showed lower levels of drug use by most non-White youth, especially Asian Americans and Black Americans, and finds that subgroup differences are felt to be not primarily attributable to family compostion, parents' education, region, or urban-rural distinctions.

Findings indicated that Methadone use was lower among Aboriginal than among non-Aboriginal injection drug users. Culturally appropriate intervention is recommended.

Article summarizes the results of the mixed-methods research conducted in Kettle & Stoney Plain First Nation that focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous Men. Research examines the factors that contribute to mental health issues, the experience of men seeking supports and services, and identifies ways to address mental health in this community.

Talks about personal experience with alcoholism.

An interview with Raymond Armstrong who gives an account of his childhood. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

An interview with Raymond Armstrong who gives an account of his adult life. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning

Discusses film, The Shirt to understand Native authenticity and identity.

Looks at the behavioural health disparities experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 15-24 year-olds compared with the overall United States Population of 15-24 year olds.

Reviews key advocacy approaches and political party policy developments for Indigenous tobacco control.

Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.

Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.

Examines the use of culture as a form of methodology to measure the impact of treatments for binge drinking amongst Indigenous people.

Discussion on the effectiveness of a non-Aboriginal recovery system and the provision of culturally appropriate services and programs to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.

Discussions centred actions taken as a result of the Honouring Our Strengths: A Renewed Framework to Address Substance Use Issues Among First Nations People in Canada.

Discusses the Calgary Sober Walk.

Relates how narratives can provide a sense of relief in stories of substance abuse.

Book review of: The Red Road to Wellbriety

Looks at program which integrates cultural traditions into therapeutic counseling at a healing lodge located on an Algonquian First Nations reserve.

Study conducted in collaboration with the Gaa-waabaabiganikaag (White Earth Nation) performed five fatality reviews and held four focus group discussions to identify risk and protective factors.

Reflects after the program ended on the challenges for Australian health workers involved in the exercise.

Comments on some of the constraints of mainstream therapeutic methodologies and makes suggestions to ensure a therapeutic setting for both client and therapist.

Reviews presentations and topics discussed at the Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD) in Adelaide, Australia.

Comments on the role dietitians play in helping communities to improve their knowledge of nutrition and to understand how to make healthy food choices that promote good health.

"This chapter describes an innovative approach to engaging Aboriginal youth using theatre workshops to address issues affecting their health, such as peer pressure, addictions, suicide, gangs, and lack of self-esteem." Chapter 5 from Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voice from the Prairies edited by Sharon McKay, Don Fuchs, Ivan Brown.

Educational Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 1998.

Health Science Thesis (M.H.S.)--University of Queensland, 2005.

College of Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Oklahoma State University, 2012.

Study discusses reasons why youth are resisting use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in their communities.

[Psychology] Thesis (Ph.D)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Social Welfare Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 1999.

American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.

Studies the use of marijuana by Indigenous youth in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Looks at workshop that centered around community which went from 100 percent alcohol dependency to 5 percent in fourteen years. Looks at the use of spiritual practices to heal the hurt and trauma cause by alcohol and drug dependency.

Article summarizes main themes of a Symposium with health care providers, researchers, elders and public health officials. Focuses on identifying emerging challenges, trends and potential solutions for the increasing number of infants and children affected by prenatal opioid use.

Documents the ways Indigenous communities and research teams are benefiting from two-eyed seeing, the compilation of Indigenous and Western ways of knowing.

Summary of a 3 year study which looked into how to improve mental health and addiction services to be more responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people.