Suicidal thoughts and attempts in First Nations communities: links to parental Indian residential school attendance across development

Bombay, Amy; McQuaid, Robyn J.; Schwartz, F.; Thomas, Alex; Anisman, Hymie; Matheson, Kimberly

doi:10.1017/s2040174418000405

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“…The abuses experienced by Indian residential school survivors are further explained in studies conducted by Bombay et al, (2019). Ross, Dion, Cantinotti, Collin-Vezina and Paquette…”

Section: Residential Schoolmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The passage of the Indian Act resulted in extensive government control over decisions concerning social, economic, and political interests of Indigenous Peoples (Althaus and O'Faircheallaigh, 2019). Assimilationist strategies under the Indian Act took on many forms and the coercive nature of these policies and practices, over time, withheld and outright denied human and civil rights (Bombay et al, 2019).…”

Section: The Indian Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indigenous suicide rates are three to four times that of non-Indigenous Canadians with those most at risk in the 15 to 24 years of age group (Kumar & Tjepkema, 2019). The Indigenous population represents 4.3 percent of the Canadian population (Bombay et al 2019). Among the 4.3 percent Canadian Indigenous population, 46.2 percent are younger than 25 years of age (Yi et al, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Suicide rates among Indigenous people in Canada are disproportionately higher than in non-Indigenous populations everywhere in the world (Wilk, Maltby & Cooke, 2017). Because the majority of Indigenous people in Canada are young, and the highest rates of suicide among youth in Canada are Indigenous youth, the urgency to effectively address the youth suicide crisis is all the more apparent (Bombay et al, 2019;Yi et al, 2015)).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The impacts of colonization have been linked to the SDOHs and have significant impacts on Indigenous individuals as well as families and communities (Bombay et al, 2019). Impacts of colonization, such as the racist legislation of the Indian Act, residential school abuses, and child apprehension from the child welfare system have caused massive trauma to Indigenous people and communities (Gone et al, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Indigenous Youth Suicide

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Indigenous youth suicide is a grave concern among Indigenous communities in Canada. While suicide rates for non-Indigenous Canadians have decreased, the suicide rate for Indigenous youth remains three to four times higher than the national average (Young et al., 2016). The need for effective interventions to prevent Indigenous youth suicide is uncontested. Despite this need, the effectiveness of interventions for Indigenous youth suicide remain mixed. The most common approaches, informed by a Western lens, have demonstrated limited success. Practical alternatives are being developed, based on Indigenous worldview and recent interventions developed by Indigenous people for Indigenous youth, families, and communities. These culturally informed, culturally safe grassroots approaches described herein, highlight cultural and community-based interventions for Indigenous communities. Through a critical review and amalgamation of current, relevant empirical and theoretical literature, this paper examines intervention approaches typically used to respond to Indigenous youth suicide intervention strategies. This literature review draws on a Two-Eyed Seeing approach and post-colonial theory to examine dominant Western approaches with an emphasis on Indigenous approaches. This literature review makes an important contribution to social work practice and policy by identifying key strengths and limitations of current dominant Western approaches as well as explore culturally safe and Indigenous approaches that can be used to decolonize and better inform the Indigenous youth suicide prevention work of social work clinicians and policy makers.

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“…The abuses experienced by Indian residential school survivors are further explained in studies conducted by Bombay et al, (2019). Ross, Dion, Cantinotti, Collin-Vezina and Paquette…”

Section: Residential Schoolmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: The Indian Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Risk, rights and deservedness: Navigating the tensions of Gladue, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and settler colonialism in Canadian courts

Dickson

Stewart

2021

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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In 2008, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada engaged in a public project of national reconciliation to address the ongoing impacts of settler colonialism including the disproportionate number of Indigenous adults and youth who are held in remand facilities awaiting trial or sentence as well as those who are convicted and sentenced to periods of incarceration. Efforts to further reconciliation by reducing Indigenous incarceration rates have relied largely on the courts and their application of a sentencing principle rooted in the Supreme Court's ruling in R. v. Gladue [1999] 1 SCR 688. In this article, we argue that the Gladue sentencing principle is being fundamentally undermined in the courts through risk models that actively displace the very context that Gladue reports seek to illuminate. Included in the analysis are the compounding impacts facing Indigenous individuals struggling with a complex disability like Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

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Clinically relevant historical trauma sequelae: A systematic review

Mutuyimana

Maercker

2023

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Objectives The purpose of this systematic review (SR) was to present the current state of research on historical trauma, and the topics closely related to its semantic space that include intergenerational trauma, collective trauma, and extended cultural bodily and mental responses, in order to identify gaps in the literature that need to be addressed. Methods A search of empirical studies from 1990 to 2022 was performed via Scopus, Web of Science, MEDLINE, EBSCOhost‐PsychInfo, and Embase, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) checklist. Results The initial search yielded 1012 studies, 52 of which were included in the current review. The results show that the historical trauma concept has a high potential for new research in the field of Global Mental Health. Gaps in the literature were identified, including a lack of standard features of historical trauma, and assessments of historical trauma in additional contexts than its original fields of application with Indigenous Americans. Conclusion Although the introduction of the concept of historical trauma was intended to fill the gap of trauma‐related difficulties not covered by the criteria of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this concept needs further scientific refinement.

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Suicidal thoughts and attempts in First Nations communities: links to parental Indian residential school attendance across development

Cited by 25 publications

References 66 publications

Indigenous Youth Suicide

Indigenous Youth Suicide

Risk, rights and deservedness: Navigating the tensions of Gladue, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and settler colonialism in Canadian courts

Clinically relevant historical trauma sequelae: A systematic review

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