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Mental Health
Suicide
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Aboriginal Healing Foundation & Kirmayer, L.J., et al, (2007). Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada. http://www.ahf.ca/downloads/suicide.pdf
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Caldwell, D., (2008). The suicide prevention continuum. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 6(2), 145-153. http://www.pimatisiwin.com/uploads/110287809.pdf
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Circumpolar Health Organization & the Working Group for a Suicide Prevention Strategy for Nunavut, (2009). Qaujijausimajuni Tunngaviqarniq: Using knowledge and experience as a foundation for action: A discussion paper on suicide prevention in Nunavut. http://circumpolarhealth.org/library/Nunavut-suicide.pdf
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Saskatoon Tribal Council, Lemstra, M., et al, (2013). Risk indicators of suicide ideation among on-reserve First Nations youth. Paediatrics & Child Health, 18(1), 15-20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680266
Addiction & Substance Use
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The Aboriginal Healing Foundation & D. Chansonneuve, (2007). Addictive behaviors among Aboriginal People in Canada. http://www.ahf.ca/downloads/addictive-behaviours.pd
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Dell, C., et al, (2008). Horse as healer: An examination of equine assisted learning in the healing of First Nations youth from solvent abuse. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 6(1), 81-106. http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/?page_id=265
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Dell, D., & Hopkins, C. (2011). Residential volatile substance misuse treatment for Indigenous youth in Canada. Substance Use & Misuse, 46, 107–113. https://doi-org.ezproxy.adler.edu/10.3109/10826084.2011.580225
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Hansen, J. & Calihoo, N., (2014). How the urban Aboriginal community members and clients of the friendship centre in Saskatoon understand addictions recovery. Aboriginal Policy Studies, 3(1 & 2), 88-111. https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v3i1&2.21702
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Crawford, A. (2014). “The trauma experienced by generations past having an effect in their descendants”: Narrative and historical trauma among Inuit in Nunavut, Canada. Transcultural Psychiatry, 51(3), 339–369. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461512467161
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Oviedo-Joekes, E., Guh, D., Marsh, D.C. et al (2010). Characteristics and response to treatment among Aboriginal people receiving heroin-assisted treatment. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(3), 210-112. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404375
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Tait, C.L., (2008). Ethical programming: Towards a community-centred approach to mental health and addiction programming in Aboriginal communities. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 6(1), 29-60. http://www.pimatisiwin.com/uploads/445206868.pdf
- Mushquash, C. J., Comeau, M. N., McLeod, B. D., & Stewart, S. H. (2010). A four-stage method for developing early interventions for alcohol among Aboriginal adolescents. International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 8(2), 296–309. https://doi-org.ezproxy.adler.edu/10.1007/s11469-009-9240-2
Grey Literature
- Canadian Population Health Initiative. (2009). Mentally healthy communities: Aboriginal perspectives. Canadian Institute for Health Information. https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/mentally_healthy_communities_aboriginal_perspectives_e.pdf
- First Nations Health Authority. (2014). Traditional wellness strategic framework. First Nations Health Authority. https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments
- First Nations Health Authority. (2018) FNHA's policy on mental health and wellness. First Nations Health Authority. https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/FNHA-Policy-on-Mental-Health-and-Wellness.pdf
- Kirmayer, L.J. & Valaskakis, G.G. (Eds.). (2009). Healing traditions: The mental health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press. http://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/9291/1/9780774815239.pdf
- Smye, V. & Mussell, B. (2001). Aboriginal Mental Health: 'What Works Best': A Discussion Paper. Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit, Aboriginal Mental Health Committee, Adult Mental Health Division, Ministry of Health Services, B.C. http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/carmha/resources/aboriginal-mental-health-what-works-best.pdf
- First Nations Centre. (2006). An Annotated Bibliography: Cultural Intervention Models in Mental Health. National Aboriginal Health Organization.
- Nelson, S. (2012). Challenging Hidden Assumptions: Colonial Norms as Determinants of Aboriginal Mental Health. National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health. http://www.nccah-ccnsa.ca/Publications/Lists/Publications/Attachments/70/colonial_norms_EN_web.pdf
- Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research. (2014). Research Projects. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. http://www.namhr.ca/research/research-projects/overview/
- Blackstock, C. 2008. Rooting Mental Health in an Aboriginal World View: Inspired by Many Hands One Dream. Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child & Youth Mental Health.
- Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, (2010). Child and Youth Mental Health Intervention, Research and Community Advocacy Project in Nunavut: Child and Youth Mental Health Services in Nunavut Needs Assessment. https://www.qhrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/component_3_-_needs_assessment_-_final.pdf