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Kiskâyitamawin miyo-mamitonecikan urban Aboriginal women and mental health
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- ISBN: 9781897250303 (electronic bk.)
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1 electronic text (xvi, 96 p.) : digital file. - Publisher: Winnipeg, Man. : Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence, 2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "June 2010". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-83). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1 Introduction and background to the project -- Introduction -- Background -- Methodology and procedures -- Limitations -- Participant demographics -- Lifelong experiences -- 2 Looking back over a lifetime: framing aboriginal women's experiences -- Women's reflections and narratives on childhood, teen and adulthood experiences -- Framing childhood/teen experiences -- Child sexual abuse -- Child protection services -- Racism/discrimination and identity -- Residential schools -- 3 Aboriginal women's perspectives on mental health -- Defining mental health -- Self-assessed mental health -- Coping with their mental health -- 4 Barriers to "knowing mind fullness" -- Anonymity -- Confidentiality and trust -- Inter-personal relationships -- Fear of losing children -- Lack of childcare within mental health programming -- Cookie cutter approaches -- Lack of cultural awareness and training of mental care workers -- Fear of institutionalized care settings -- Misdirected focus of mental health programs -- Process: waiting lists, diagnosis and referrals -- Lack of validation -- Distribution, usability and access to mental health information racism -- Physical disabilities -- Side-effects of medication, over-medication and the wrong medication -- Stigma -- 5 Aboriginal women's mental health needs: through their own eyes, in their own words -- The need to be heard and receive answers -- The need to talk to someone -- The need for care, support and acceptance -- 6 Conclusion -- |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language Note: | English with summary in French. |
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