The healing of our people: Substance abuse and historical trauma

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-98

  Morgan, Robert ^a   Freeman, Lyn ^a,b  

^a Dinlishla A Traditional Healing Organization   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture trauma; Deculturation; Healing; Historical trauma; Intergenerational grief; Smudging

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AFTERCARE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61749100292     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802525678     Document Type: Review

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