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American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Perspectives

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In order to present an overview of American Indians and Alaska Natives mental health issues, the authors have purposefully avoided specific examples or generalizable guidelines that would mislead the readers due to the extreme cultural and historical differences that comprise the many American Indians and Alaska Natives nations. It is also important to note that in the context of diversity, American Indian and Alaska Native identity is defined politically due to their collective history of being citizens of sovereign nations, not solely by racial, ethnic, or cultural terms.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA

    Joseph E. Trimble Ph.D.

  2. Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA

    Jeff King Ph.D. (Director)

  3. Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Teresa D. LaFromboise Ph.D.

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Dolores Subia BigFoot Ph.D.

  5. Harvard University Native American Program, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Dennis Norman Ed.D., A.B.P.P. (Faculty Chair, Chief of Psychology)

  6. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Dennis Norman Ed.D., A.B.P.P. (Faculty Chair, Chief of Psychology)

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Trimble, J.E., King, J., LaFromboise, T.D., BigFoot, D.S., Norman, D. (2014). American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Perspectives. In: Parekh, R. (eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Textbook on Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8918-4_5

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