Aboriginal Women's Encounters with Mainstream Mental Health Services: The Critical Incidents that Facilitate Healing

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cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, Dalaena
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-23T23:29:30Z
dc.date.available2016-06-23T23:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis study examines Aboriginal women's encounters with mainstream mental health services. Using the Critical Incidents Technique, the researcher developed a list of categories to describe factors that help or hinder healing for this population. Interviews conducted with six participants yielded a total of 57 incidents (of which 46 facilitated and 11 hindered healing). These incidents were sorted into 15 categories (12 helping, three hindering). Many of the helping categories reveal the importance of cultural connections and traditional value systems. In addition, they highlight the need for culturally competent practitioners who are collaborative and strengths-based in their treatment approaches. Conversely, the hindering categories describe the detrimental impacts of culturally incompetent practice and prescriptive, non-collaborative treatment approaches. Additionally, they reveal how fears of racism and negative stereotypes continue to serve as a barrier to service for some Aboriginal women. Notably, a unique finding that emerged in this study is that some participants found healing through a combination of medical (i.e. formal diagnosis and psychotropic medication) and traditional (i.e. ceremony) interventions.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/255
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subjectAboriginal women
dc.subjectmental health services
dc.titleAboriginal Women's Encounters with Mainstream Mental Health Services: The Critical Incidents that Facilitate Healing
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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