Mental health care for urban Indians : clinical insights from Native practitioners

Witko, Tawa M. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1591473594
ISBN: 9781591473596
Physical Description: print
xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A clinical understanding of urban American Indians / A. Mike Aragon -- Indian child welfare practice within urban American Indian/Native American communities / Tessa Evans-Campbell -- Mental health, wellness, and the quest for an authentic American Indian identity / Joseph P. Gone -- Healing the generations: urban American Indians in recovery / Rose L. Clark -- Understanding domestic violence within the urban Indian community / Tawa M. Witko, Rae Marie Martinez, and Richard Milda -- Trauma and the American Indian / Nadine Cole -- Storytelling as a healing tool for American Indians / Delores Subia BigFoot and Megan Dunlap -- A framework for working with American Indian parents / Tawa M. Witko -- Growing up Indian: treatment with urban Indian adolescents / Rose L. Clark and Tawa M. Witko -- An innovative healing model: empowering urban Native Americans / Carrie Lee Johnson -- Conclusion: what psychologists have learned and where they need to go / Tawa M. Witko.