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Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion » Current Projects
This axis brings together four active groups involved in a wide range of initiatives to address suicide, a major mental health problem in many Aboriginal commun...
March 28th, 2011
Knowledge Translation » Current Projects
Knowledge translation (KT) involves a process of dialogue in which those engaged in practice identify issues and work collaboratively with researchers to genera...
March 28th, 2011
Healing and Mental Health Services » Current Projects
This axis of research examines how existing models of service delivery respond to the needs of Aboriginal peoples and also aims to devise ways to meaningfully e...
March 28th, 2011
Social and Developmental Determinants of Mental Health and Well-B... » Current Projects
This research axis examines the ways that social and developmental processes can make individuals more vulnerable to mental health problems or contribute to ind...
March 28th, 2011
Substance Abuse » Current Projects
This axis of research examines the determinants of substance abuse, gambling and related mental health problems and the development and evaluation of effective ...
March 28th, 2011
Social Contexts of Substance Use: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Inha... » Past Projects
The aim of this line of research is to re-examine substance abuse during pregnancy and inhalant abuse by youth as mental health problems that are associated wit...
October 3rd, 2010
Models and Metaphors of Mental Health and Healing in Aboriginal C... » Past Projects
This project examines the ways in which individuals and groups in different communities conceptualize mental health and healing....
October 3rd, 2010
Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization by Aboriginal Indiv... » Past Projects
This study examines the help-seeking experiences of Aboriginal individuals with mental health problems in diverse settings: urban, rural, off reserve and on res...
October 3rd, 2010
Cultural Continuity and the Mental Health of Aboriginal Populatio... » Past Projects
This project aims to bring together expertise from different disciplines to rethink and investigate the impact of cultural continuity and change on mental healt...
October 3rd, 2010