What traditional indigenous elders say about cross-cultural mental health training

Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing
Lewis Mehl-Madrona

Abstract

Although a number of authors have commented on what mental health practitioners should be taught to be effective and appropriate with indigenous people, rarely have traditional healers been asked for their views. This paper explores what a diverse group of traditional healing elders believe are the important attributes for mental health providers to embrace and what principles they should adopt to guide their training. How indigenous people understand the meaning of mental health is also examined. The research presented was conducted in preparation for developing a cross-cultural training program for human service providers that would include traditional elders as community mentors and adjunct faculty on equal status with academically trained faculty. The goal is to identify and summarize the core values and principles needed to train mental health providers to work in harmony with traditional healers. The term indigenous used in this paper refers to people who have lived in a place long enough to develop local knowledge and practices about that place, even though they might not have been the original inhabitants. For example, the Dene in Arizona are indigenous even though they have only occupied that area from about 1100 ad. L...Continue Reading

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Jul 2, 2010·Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology·Wendy HulkoDenise Taylor
Jul 12, 2013·The Gerontologist·Kathryn L BraunNoreen Mokuau
Mar 13, 2014·Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing·Chiara Ruini, Fedra Ottolini
Oct 8, 2011·Archives of Psychiatric Nursing·Kirk Zinck, Shelly Marmion
Oct 14, 2014·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health·Rebecca SooleDiego De Leo
Feb 7, 2016·The Lancet. Psychiatry·Gareth NortjeSoraya Seedat
Oct 16, 2016·Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie·Lewis Mehl-Madrona

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