Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada – PDF

Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada – eBook PDF

Aboriginal peoples in Canada have varied cultures but share common political and social challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection discusses the origins of mental health and social problems and the development of culturally responsive approaches to services and health promotion. Healing Traditions (PDF) is not a handbook of practice but a resource for thinking critically about existing issues in the mental health of indigenous peoples.

The ebook is divided into four sections: an overview of the mental health of indigenous peoples; transformations of identity and community; origins and representations of social suffering; and traditional healing and mental health services. Cross-cutting themes include: the impact of colonialism, the importance of land for indigenous identity and an ecocentric self; sedentarization, and forced assimilation; notions of space and place as part of the cultural matrix of identity and experience; and processes of healing and spirituality as sources of resilience.

Providing a unique combination of mental health and socio-cultural perspectives, Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada will be helpful to all concerned with the well-being of Aboriginal peoples including health professionals, planners and administrators, social scientists, community workers, educators, and college students.

Review

Valaskaki and Kirmayers’ Healing Traditions is a complete guide to the role of Aboriginal history, culture, and identity in mental health and healing. Well-written and readable, this ebook should become a vital source for mental health professionals working with indigenous peoples. Healing Traditions is a fitting accolade to Dr. Gail Valaskakis. — Malcolm King, Principal Investigator, Alberta ACADRE Network, University of Alberta, and Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health, Edmonton

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