This book brings together Indigenous and allied experts addressing mental health among Indigenous peoples across the traditional territories commonly known as the Americas (e.g. Canada, US, Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil), Asia (e.g. China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Indonesia), Africa (e.g. South Africa, Central and West Africa) and Oceania (New Guinea and Australia) to exchange knowledge, perspectives and methods for mental health research and service delivery. Around the world, Indigenous peoples have experienced marginalization, rapid culture change and absorption into a global economy with little regard for their needs or autonomy. This cultural discontinuity has been linked to high rates of depression, substance abuse, suicide, and violence in many communities, with the most dramatic impact on youth. Nevertheless, Indigenous knowledge, tradition and practice have remained central to wellbeing, resilience and mental health in these populations. Such is the focus of this book.
Author(s): David Danto, Masood Zangeneh
Series: Advances in Mental Health and Addiction
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 353
City: Cham
Endorsement
Foreword
Introduction
Contents
Contributors
About the Artist
Part I: Genocide, Exile and Trauma
Yazidi Mental Health and Collective Trauma and Terror
Who Are the Yazidis?
Systematic Destruction of the Yazidi Community
Mental Health of the Yazidi Population
Transgenerational Traumata and the Consequences for the Current Generation
Preconditions for Mental Health Treatment
Behavioural Case History
Forming Relationships
Mental Health Treatment
Summary and Conclusion
References
The Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Khmer Displaced and in Exile
Setting the Stage
Shared Life Experience of the Khmer War Cohort
Context 1: The Village in the Lowlands
Context 2: War Experience
Context 3: The Refugee Camps
Context 4: The Suburbs on the Hills
Contexts for Indigenous Cultural and Religious Practices
How Did They Manage?
How Did They Answer and How to Understand Those Answers
Shared Stories
In Their Own Words
Self-Reliance [dto su/prang praeng]
Social Solidarity
Religious Worldview: Beliefs and Practices
Retroduction
How Do They Guard and Maintain Their Mental Health Today? Present Contexts for Indigenous Practices in Norway
References
The Psychology of Mussar: Cultural Safety as a Verb
Cultural Framework
Rationale
Psychology of Exile
Aljamiado Literature in Tenth-Century Spain as Über Text?
Mussar as Literature, Philosophy, Spiritual Movement, and Practice
Case Study with a Mussar Application: Alpha and Omega
Conflicted Cultural Values
Duties of the Heart in Healing Clinical Work
References
Part II: The Land and Healing
Healing Practices and Rituals of the Forest-Dwelling Rabha Community in Assam, India
The Forest-Dwelling Rabha Community
The Forest as Community Space Meets Modernization
Spirituality and Medicinal Practices
Sacred Geography and Indigenous Medicine
Conclusion
References
Learning from Those Who Do: Land-Based Healing in a Mushkegowuk Community
Method
Introduction to the Method
Procedures
Results
What Are the Key Features of Land-Based Work?
What Are the Challenges of Doing Land-Based Work?
How Do You Transfer the Knowledge of Doing Land-Based Work to Others?
Discussion
References
Part III: Culture, Identity and Resilience
Mental Health and the San of Southern Africa
Background
San Mental Health Baseline
San Perspectives on Mental Health
Platfontein
Community Initiatives
Conclusion
References
Indonesia’s Political Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for the Adat Community’s Mental Well-Being
Introduction
Method and Terminology
Changes in Indonesia’s Indigenous People: An Overview
Development Projects Bring Injuries and Injustice to Adat Communities
Adat Revivalism: Hidden Stressors on Adat Community Mental Health
Illusion of Recognition and Individual Mental Health Issues
Creating Harmony in the Adat Community
Opportunities Arising from Development Projects and Adat Revivalism
Adat Beliefs and Values as Cultural Capital
Kin-Based Caring System
Adat Revivalism: A Catalyst for Negotiating Better Mental Well-being
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Happiness, Underdevelopment, and Mental Health in an Andean Indigenous Community
An Unhappy Psychopathological Developed World
How to Avoid the Contagion of Unhappiness and Psychopathology: An Emic Methodological Approach
Andean Indigenous Happiness, Mental Health, and Development
Subjective Life Satisfaction
Subjective Development Satisfaction
An Exploration of Mental Health
The Small Traditional Andean Community of Purhuaracra
Subjective Life Satisfaction, Subjective Development Satisfaction, and Mental Health: Method
Participants
Measure
Analytical Technique
An Equilibrated Subjective Life Satisfaction with Subjective Development Dissatisfaction in Purhuaracra
Indications of Low Psychopathology in Purhuaracra
Discussion: Unhappiness, Overdevelopment, and Psychopathology
References
The Jewish People and Indigenous Resilience
Indigenous Discourse in the International Arena
Resilience and Mental Healing of Indigenous People
The Jewish People—Historical Landmarks
Jewish Sources of Resilience
Influential Statements of Resilience from Jewish Leaders
“If I Am Not for Myself, Who Will Be for Me?”
“My Heart is in the East”—The Longing for Zion
“If You Will It, It Is No Dream”
Looking Forward
References
Part IV: Culture and Treatment
Alcohol Use and Resilience among the Indigenous Tuvinians of Siberia
Introduction
Alcohol-Related Challenges Among Tuvinians
Tuvinians, the People of Tyva
The Source of Strength and Resilience
Clan Communities and Their Role in Health and Treatment
Conclusion
References
Reclaiming Our Identity Through Indigenous Cultural Generative Acts to Improve Mental Health of All Generations
Need for a Paradigm Shift
Turning Point
Concept of Generativity and Its Role in Mental Health
Generativity Mismatch and Poor Mental Health
Sharing Your Journey Heals Everyone
Reclaiming Our Identity to Become the “Elder You Were Meant to Be”
Family Influence
Role Selection and Socialization
Community and Cultural Engagement
Spirituality
Mental Health, Indigenous Cultural Generativity, and Successful Aging
Implications for Research and Practice
References
Ka Huri Te Ao, a Time of Change: Māori Mental Health and Addiction in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Whānau Ora
Pātaka Uara: Whānau Ora in Action
Working with the Whole Whānau
Whanaungatanga: Making Connections
Ūkaipōtanga: Security and Stability
Manaakitanga: Supportive Care
Kotahitanga: Reconnecting
Wairuatanga: Spirituality
Rangatiratanga: Autonomy
Young People and their Whānau
Mental Health Outcome Measurement: Hua Oranga
Participation in the Hua Oranga
Benefits of the Hua Oranga
Hua Oranga Case Study (See Footnote 1)
Referral History
Whānau
MOKO Services
Hua Oranga
The Addiction Workforce
Conclusion
Appendix: Hua Oranga Schedules
References
I Remember Who I Am: Deg Xit’an Athabascan Perspectives on Wellness
Deg Xit’an Athabascan People
The Deg Xit’an Wellness Journey
Cultural and Traditional Practices
Preparing for the Future
Transmitting Culture and Language
Building Physical, Social, Mental, and Spiritual Strength
Traditional Values
Respect
Relationships
Balance and Reciprocity
Sharing and Caring
Happiness and Humor
Embracing Challenges by Remembering Who We Are
Isolation and Disconnection
Identity and Belonging
Historical Trauma and Grief
Alcohol Abuse and Addiction
Deg Xit’an Beliefs and Action Recommendations
Coming Together as a Community
Doing Things in a Good Way
Sharing and Caring for Self and Others
Awakening the Spirit: The Influence of Culture on Wellness and Healing
Land
Language
Medicine
Traditional Practices
“I Remember Who I Am”—Reclaiming Our Power
Elders Teach Us and Model Love and Compassion
Moving Forward in a Good Way
Compassion
Connection
Ceremony
Curiosity
Community
Conclusion
References
Part V: Integrating Indigenous and Western Approaches
Traditional Aboriginal Healing in Mental Health Care, Western Australia
Aboriginal People and Mental Health
Access to Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Services
An Aboriginal Human Rights Framework
The Mental Health Act 2014 (WA)
A Case Study: The Wungen Kartup Specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Service
Cultural Safety
The Implementation of the Mental Health Act 2014
Positive Outcomes
Conclusion
References
Integrating Indigenous Healing and Western Counseling: Clinical Cases in Culturally Safe Practice
Healing Perspectives
Indigenous Medicine
Western Mental Health Services
The Integrated Healing Movement
Rationale for Integration
Levels and Forms of Integration
Epistemological Hybridism
Program-Level Integration
Clinical Cases in Integration and Harmonization
Aboriginal Services, Center for Addiction and Mental Health
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
References
Part VI: Reconciliation and Mental Health
Reconciliation Social Work: Sustainable Community Development
Social Work Engagement
Contemporizing the Context
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Mobilizing a Strengths-Based Model
Connecting the Dots
What Kind of Healing?
Toward a Mutual Creation of Reconciliation
References
A Canadian Psychology Task Force Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report: Summary and Reflections
Christine’s Introduction
David’s Introduction
Fern’s Introduction
David’s Reflection
Fern’s Reflection
Christine’s Reflection
Summary of Report
Professional Ethics as a Starting Point
Respect for Rights and Dignity of Persons and People
Responsible Caring
Integrity in Relationships
Responsibility to Society
Statement of Acknowledgment from the Task Force
A Path Toward Accountable Practices
Guiding Principles Applying to the Study and Practice of Psychology in General
Cultural Allyship
Humility
Collaboration
Critical Reflection
Respect
Social Justice
Guiding Principles that Relate to Specific Areas Within the Discipline
Directions Forward
Christine’s Closing Thoughts
References
Index
