Mood & Anxiety

Shy No Longer: Coping with Social Anxiety: 

http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_ID=40

 

Social Anxiety (For practitioners): 

http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/minipax.cfm?mini_ID=17

Anxiety Disorders Among Indigenous Communities in Canada

The prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders in indigenous people of the Americas: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)

https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:410461/UQ410461_OA.pdf

Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012 | Lifetime Suicidal thoughts among First Nations living off reserve, Métis and Inuit aged 26 to 59: Prevalence and associate d Characteristics | Released January 19, 2016
https://www.suicideinfo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Lifetime-suicidal-thoughts-among_oa.pdf

Atkinson, D. (2017). Considerations for Indigenous child and youth population mental health promotion in Canada. Canada: National Collaborating Centres for Public Health.
https://nccph.ca/images/uploads/general/07_Indigenous_MentalHealth_NCCPH_2017_EN.pdf

Bellamy, S. and Hardy, C. (2015) Anxiety Disorders and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: The Current State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research Prince George, BC: national Collaborating centre or Aboriginal Health
https://www.nccih.ca/docs/emerging/RPT-AnxietyDisorders-Bellamy-Hardy-EN.pdf

Bellamy, S. and Hardy, C. (2015) Understanding Depression in Aboriginal Communities and Families. Prince George, BC: national Collaborating centre or Aboriginal Health
https://www.ccnsa-nccah.ca/docs/emerging/RPT-UnderstandingDepression-Bellamy-Hardy-EN.pdf

Fuller-Thomson, E., Lee, S., Cameron, R. E., Baiden, P., Agbeyaka, S., & Karamally, T. M. (2020). Aboriginal peoples in complete mental health: A nationally-representative Canadian portrait of resilience and flourishing. Transcultural psychiatry, 57(2), 250–262. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461519885702
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363461519885702

Hajizadeh, M., Bombay, A., & Asada, Y. (2019). Socioeconomic inequalities in psychological distress and suicidal behaviours among Indigenous peoples living off-reserve in Canada. Cmaj, 191(12), E325-E336.
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/191/12/E325.full.pdf

Heath, L. M., Torrie, J., & Gill, K. J. (2019). Mental Health in the Cree Peoples of Northern Quebec: Relationships Among Trauma, Familial Psychological Distress, and Mood or Anxiety Disorders. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 64(3), 180–189. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743718784938
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29929388/

Hop Wo, N. K., Anderson, K. K., Wylie, L., & MacDougall, A. (2020). The prevalence of distress, depression, anxiety, and substance use issues among Indigenous post-secondary students in Canada. Transcultural psychiatry, 57(2), 263–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461519861824
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363461519861824

Nelson, C., Lawford, K. M., Otterman, V., & Darling, E. K. (2018). Mental health indicators among pregnant Aboriginal women in Canada: results from the Maternity Experiences Survey. Indicateurs de santé mentale chez les femmes autochtones enceintes au Canada : résultats de l’Enquête sur l’expérience de la maternité. Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 38(7-8), 269–276. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.38.7/8.01
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30129714/


Culturally Informed Interventions for Anxiety Disorders

Articles and Reports
Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative. Pathways to healing: A mental health guide for First Nations people. Mississauga, ON: Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative; February 2006. Available at: www.ccmhi.ca
http://www.shared-care.ca/files/EN_PathwaystoHealing.pdf
(Section 4: pathways to health Page 11)
Collaborative Mental Health Care Toolkits
http://www.shared-care.ca/cchmi-toolkits

Nowrouzi, B., Manassis, K., Jones, E., Bobinski, T., & Mushquash, C. J. (2015). Translating Anxiety-Focused CBT for Youth in a First Nations Context in Northwestern Ontario. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l’Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l’enfant et de l’adolescent, 24(1), 33–40.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357332/

Reeves, A., & Stewart, S. L. (2014). Exploring the Integration of Indigenous Healing and Western Psychotherapy for Sexual Trauma Survivors Who Use Mental Health Services at Anishnawbe Health Toronto. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 49(1). Retrieved from https://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/article/view/61008
https://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/article/view/61008

We Are you Children, We Are Your Future | Developing Indigenous-Centred Parenting Support for Children with Mild to Moderate Anxiety | Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia
https://cmha.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IndigenousAnxietyProgram-ResearchPaper-2019_WEB.pdf

Additional Resources

Clinical Trial
Blending Two Worlds: Traditional Aboriginal Healing Strategies for Depression and Anxiety (B2W)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00749177
*Trial has been terminated but provides Study Details

Directories
Indigenous Peoples | 211 Ontario
https://211ontario.ca/211-topics/indigenous-peoples/
*search for “anxiety,” or “mental health” and location

Mental Health Programs for Aboriginal Peoples in Canada | Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research
http://www.namhr.ca/mental-health-programs/

Framework
First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum (FNMWC) National Framework
https://thunderbirdpf.org/first-nations-mental-wellness-continuum-framework/

General Information
Aboriginal Health Access Centres
https://www.allianceon.org/aboriginal-health-access-centres

Mental Health and Wellness Services for Indigenous Children and Youth | Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
https://ontario.cmha.ca/documents/mental-health-and-wellness-services-for-indigenous-children-and-youth/

Training
Ontario Indigenous Cultural Safety Program | Indigenous Primacy health Care Council
https://iphcc.ca/ontario-ics-program/