We're Still Here: Indigenous Resilience and Healing from Intergenerational Trauma

Abstract:
As psychiatrists encountering Indigenous (First Nations/Metis/Inuit) patients in the clinical setting, it is important to continually develop one's practice of cultural humility, through learning more about Canada's historical and contemporary treatment of Indigenous peoples and its impact on perpetuating intergenerational trauma as well as being open to considering two-eyed seeing approaches to treatment
and overall management, thereby increasing the cultural safety of mental health services and resulting in more optimal patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives:
Objective #1 To increase learnings related to the mental health status of Canada's of Indigenous peoples
Objective #2 To increase knowledge about intergenerational trauma, its causes and management
Objective #3 To increase familiarity with the concept of two-eyed seeing and its applicability to psychiatric treatment of Indigenous peoples

 

Literature References

Graham, S., Stelkia, K., Wieman, C., & Adams, E. (2021). Mental health interventions for First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada: A systematic review. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2021.12.2.10820

Indigenous Health Primer (2019) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. https://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/healthpolicy/ indigenous-health-e

(MOC Program credits for this foundational reading document above: Two (2) credits per hour, Section 2 Self-learning: Planned learning: Personal Learning Project)

Martin, D. (2012). Two-eyed seeing: A framework for understanding Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches to Indigenous health research. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 44(2): 20-42.

 

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