Alcohol use among American Indian adolescents: The role of culture in pathological drinking

Conceptions of Wellness among the Yup'ik of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta: The Vitality of Social and Natural Connection

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Conceptions of Wellness among the Yup'ik of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta: The Vitality of Social and Natural Connection

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American Indian adolescents in substance abuse treatment: Diagnostic status

“…For example, four of these five participants met criteria for a subthreshold substance use disorder, indicating the presence of substance-related problems that were elicited by the CIDI-SAM but failed to fit into the standard DSM-IV framework for substance abuse or dependence. Thus, the failure of these adolescents to meet criteria for substance abuse or dependence may be related to an inherent weakness in these criteria in their use with diverse cultural groups such as AIs (O'Nell & Mitchell, 1996;Westermeyer, 1996), adolescents (Hasin et al, 2003), or problematic substance users, more generally (Pollock & Martin, 1999). These possibilities have been suggested by other researchers and would likely require a combination of clinical and ethnographic interviews to be examined in treatment populations such as this one.…”

Explaining the Association between Gender and Substance Use among American Indian Adolescents

“…Given that there are 566 federally recognized tribes and many more tribes that are not so acknowledged by the United States, each with their own unique cultures and experiences, readers should be cautious in interpreting these results as applicable to every tribe or reservation. In addition, this study cannot evaluate the role of culture and cultural traditions in understanding AI substance use, which likely is an important omission in understanding AI adolescent behaviors, including substance use (O’Nell and Mitchell 1996). Indeed, we cannot assess the role of cultural factors that may serve as protective factors against substance use for AI adolescents (e.g., Beauvais 1998; Herman-Stahl, Spencer, and Duncan 2003; Kulis, Napoli, and Marsiglia 2002; Moran et al 1999).…”

Conceptions of Wellness among the Yup'ik of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta: The Vitality of Social and Natural Connection

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American Indian adolescents in substance abuse treatment: Diagnostic status

“…For example, four of these five participants met criteria for a subthreshold substance use disorder, indicating the presence of substance-related problems that were elicited by the CIDI-SAM but failed to fit into the standard DSM-IV framework for substance abuse or dependence. Thus, the failure of these adolescents to meet criteria for substance abuse or dependence may be related to an inherent weakness in these criteria in their use with diverse cultural groups such as AIs (O'Nell & Mitchell, 1996;Westermeyer, 1996), adolescents (Hasin et al, 2003), or problematic substance users, more generally (Pollock & Martin, 1999). These possibilities have been suggested by other researchers and would likely require a combination of clinical and ethnographic interviews to be examined in treatment populations such as this one.…”

Explaining the Association between Gender and Substance Use among American Indian Adolescents

“…Given that there are 566 federally recognized tribes and many more tribes that are not so acknowledged by the United States, each with their own unique cultures and experiences, readers should be cautious in interpreting these results as applicable to every tribe or reservation. In addition, this study cannot evaluate the role of culture and cultural traditions in understanding AI substance use, which likely is an important omission in understanding AI adolescent behaviors, including substance use (O’Nell and Mitchell 1996). Indeed, we cannot assess the role of cultural factors that may serve as protective factors against substance use for AI adolescents (e.g., Beauvais 1998; Herman-Stahl, Spencer, and Duncan 2003; Kulis, Napoli, and Marsiglia 2002; Moran et al 1999).…”

Conceptions of Wellness among the Yup'ik of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta: The Vitality of Social and Natural Connection

“……”

American Indian adolescents in substance abuse treatment: Diagnostic status

“…For example, four of these five participants met criteria for a subthreshold substance use disorder, indicating the presence of substance-related problems that were elicited by the CIDI-SAM but failed to fit into the standard DSM-IV framework for substance abuse or dependence. Thus, the failure of these adolescents to meet criteria for substance abuse or dependence may be related to an inherent weakness in these criteria in their use with diverse cultural groups such as AIs (O'Nell & Mitchell, 1996;Westermeyer, 1996), adolescents (Hasin et al, 2003), or problematic substance users, more generally (Pollock & Martin, 1999). These possibilities have been suggested by other researchers and would likely require a combination of clinical and ethnographic interviews to be examined in treatment populations such as this one.…”

Explaining the Association between Gender and Substance Use among American Indian Adolescents

“…Given that there are 566 federally recognized tribes and many more tribes that are not so acknowledged by the United States, each with their own unique cultures and experiences, readers should be cautious in interpreting these results as applicable to every tribe or reservation. In addition, this study cannot evaluate the role of culture and cultural traditions in understanding AI substance use, which likely is an important omission in understanding AI adolescent behaviors, including substance use (O’Nell and Mitchell 1996). Indeed, we cannot assess the role of cultural factors that may serve as protective factors against substance use for AI adolescents (e.g., Beauvais 1998; Herman-Stahl, Spencer, and Duncan 2003; Kulis, Napoli, and Marsiglia 2002; Moran et al 1999).…”