General Mental Health
Contributing Factors to Mental Health Issues
Aboriginal Ways of Healing
100
What are indicators of positive mental health?
What is self-esteem, interest in life, work satisfaction, and balance are just some of many to list!
100
What reasons would self-determination be beneficial?
Decreases likelihood of depression with communities Increases Aboriginal ways of healing
100
Who are Indigenous Knowledge keepers? (name one)
-Knowledge keeper -Traditional teacher -Medicine person -Spiritual adviser
200
What are symptoms of depression?
What is sadness, helplessness and hopelessness, worthlessness, changes in sleep, changes in eating, and thoughts of suicide
200
How has residential schools impacted mental health?
What is Intergenerational trauma, substance use, abuse, and mood disorders.
200
How was tamara affected by her fathers experience in residential schools?
Father was an alcoholic; she became addicted to crystal meth
300
What is the reason for the higher suicide rates for males compared to females?
Females may report more suicide thoughts while male will carry out the plan more often.
300
How does poverty impact the living conditions on reserve?
overcrowded homes, limited resources, access to foods, health care, mental health treatment.
300
What is the four elements of the medicine wheel?
physical, spiritual, emotional, mental
400
What are some limitations to research studies on mental health statistics in Aboriginal Peoples?
General research limitations; reliability, validity, drop out rates, accuracy, and biases. Reporting and identification issues.
400
What are the disadvantages of using the medical model?
Westernized medical model sometimes may neglect the hollistic approaches to Aboriginal ways of healing the whole community.
400
feeling cared for , spiritual experiences, insight, making a commitment, empowerment and self-esteem, releasing emotional pain, remorse, reconnecting to traditional values, forgiveness, relief,
List 3 of the twelve themes that help people recover from substance abuse.
500
What are some issues that children of substance-abusing parents suffer from?
low self-esteem, depression, self-mutilation, suicide, panic attacks, truancy, and sexual promiscuity, and will replicate later in life the drug and alcohol abuse problems they witnessed in their parents
500
How many services are available in Toronto specifically for Aboriginal Mental Health?
only 5
500
Name one Indigenous Healing Practice?
Fasting, Feasting,smudging.
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