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Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada [Hardcover]

Laurence J. Kirmayer (Author), Gail Guthrie Valaskakis (Author), Georges Henry Erasmus (Author)

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Publication Date: Dec 5 2008

Aboriginal peoples in Canada have diverse cultures but share common social and political challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection addresses the origins of mental health and social problems and the emergence of culturally responsive approaches to services and health promotion. Healing Traditions is not a handbook of practice but a resource for thinking critically about current issues in the mental health of indigenous peoples. Cross-cutting themes include: the impact of colonialism, sedentarization, and forced assimilation; the importance of land for indigenous identity and an ecocentric self; and processes of healing and spirituality as sources of resilience.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: UBC Press (Dec 5 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 077481523X
ISBN-13: 978-0774815239
Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 3 x 24.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 953 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #349,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kirmayer and Valaskakis’ Healing Traditions is a comprehensive guide to the role of Aboriginal history, culture, and identity in mental health and healing. Well-written and readable, this book should become the important source for mental health professionals working with indigenous peoples. Healing Traditions is a fitting tribute to Dr. Gail Valaskakis.” (Malcolm King, Principal Investigator, Alberta ACADRE Network, University of Alberta, and Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, Edmonton 20081205)

About the Author

Laurence J. Kirmayer is James McGill Professor and Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University; Director of the Culture and Mental Health Research Unit of the Institute for Community and Family Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal; and Co-Director of the National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research.

Gail Guthrie Valaskakis was Director of Research, Aboriginal Healing Foundation, Ottawa, and Co-Director of the National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research.