"Journey to Healing is a comprehensive and practical evidence-based resource. It was written to help prepare students and professionals to provide counselling and social services to Aboriginal people with mental health and addiction issues in urban, rural and isolated settings. Many of the authors are Aboriginal and all are respected experts in their fields. Each author shares his or her scholarly learning, insight, wisdom and experience of addressing addiction and mental health issues in Aboriginal populations. The guide is intended to serve as a course text for health, social service and justice programs in universities and community colleges. It will also be of interest to social workers, addiction and mental health service providers, and prison, probation, parole and police officers working with Aboriginal communities"--Publisher's website.

Preface / Peter Menzies And Lynn F. Lavallée -- Foreword / Vern Harper -- pt. 1. History And Experience. Speaking From The Heart / Cheryle Partridge -- Setting The Foundation: A Brief History Of Colonization In Canada / David Long -- Residential Schools For Aboriginal Children In Canada / Eileen Antone -- Child Welfare / Peter Menzies. pt. 2: Foundations Of Healing. Intergenerational Trauma / Peter Menzies -- Indigenous Ways Of Helping / Michael Anthony Hart -- The Role Of Elders In The Community / Susan Manitowabi -- Harm Reduction / Dennis Wardman -- Journey To Healing. pt. 3: Meeting the People. In Search of Identity: Supporting Healing and Well-Being among Youth / Lynn F. Lavallée and Kelly Anne Fairney -- Ensuring a Culturally Safe Practice in Working with Aboriginal Women / Cristine Rego and Rebekah Rego -- Aboriginal Men: Reclaiming Our Place / Rod McCormick, Mike Arnouse and Patrick Walton -- Beyond lgbt : Two-Spirit People / Eoe O'Brien-Teengs and Laverne Monette -- Older Adults: Shedding Light on an Invisible Population / Mark W. Rosenberg and Kathi Wilson. pt. 4: Part 4: Issues and Approaches. Mental Health from an Indigenous Perspective / Bill Mussell -- Using Storytelling in Alcohol Use Intervention / Christopher Mushquash -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Indigenous Peoples of Canada / Caroline I. Tait -- Prescription Opioid Misuse / Jonathan Rajeevan Bertram -- Inhalant Use / Debra Dell and Carol Hopkins -- Our Relationship with Tobacco / Lynn F. Lavallée -- Gambling / Yale D. Belanger -- Perspectives on Aboriginal Suicide: Movement toward Healing / Ana Bodnar -- Housing and Homelessness / Janet Gasparelli -- Addressing Aboriginal Family Violence: Innovation, Resilience and Empowerment / L. Jane McMillan -- Working with First Nations Youth and Families: A Psychiatrist's Perspective / Peter Braunberger -- The Criminal Justice System: Addressing Aboriginal Overrepresentation / Jonathan Rudin. pt. 5: Providing Services To Aboriginal Communities. Urban Aboriginal People In Canada / Peter Dinsdale -- Providing Psychiatric And Medical Services To Remote Communities In Northern Ontario / Bruce Minore, Jack Haggarty, Margaret Boone And Mae Katt -- Medical Practice In Remote Northern Ontario First Nations Communities / Michael Ouellette -- Working In Northern Nursing Stations / Baiba Zarins -- Improving The Health Of Indigenous People Through Health Practitioner Training / Alexandra King And Malcolm King -- The Story Of The Aboriginal Healing Foundation / Michael Degagné.