{"product_id":"american-indian-and-alaska-native-children-and-mental-health-development-context-prevention-and-treatment-child-psychology-and-mental-health-9780313383045","title":"American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health Development Context Prevention and Treatment Child Psychology and Mental Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique book examines the physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors that support or undermine healthy development in American Indian children, including economics, biology, and public policies.\u003cbr\u003eThe reasons for mental health issues among American Indian and Alaska Native children have not been well understood by investigators outside of tribal communities. Developing appropriate methodological approaches and evidence-based programs for helping these youths is an urgent priority in developmental science. This work must be done in ways that are cognizant of how the negative consequences of colonization contribute to American Indian and Alaska Native tribal members' underutilization of mental health services, higher therapy dropout rates, and poor response to culturally insensitive treatment programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the forces affecting psychological development and mental health in American Indian children today. Experts from leading universiti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work, part of the \u003cb\u003eChild Psychology and Mental Health\u003c\/b\u003e series, is an important addition to the literature regarding American Indian\/Alaska Native (AI\/AN) health and health care. . . . This book belongs in the library of any college with programs in Native studies and\/or health programs to prepare care providers to effectively meet the needs of AI\/AN clients. Highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eIn this work, we now have a psychology book about American Indian and Alaska Native children that edifies us with its depths as well as with its particular Native points of view. . . . Further, its topics are wielded into a corpus of interdependent material elegantly bound together into an organic whole. . . . As I finished this book, I considered that more work in this area is needed. Such a thought is a compliment. Good writing always leads to more writing. * PsycCRITIQUES *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Foreword \u003ci\u003eHiram E. Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e Preface \u003ci\u003eHiram E. Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e 1. Historical Trauma and Native American Child Development and Mental Health: An Overview \u003ci\u003eChristopher D. Campbell and Tessa Evans-Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e 2. American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families: Social and Economic Conditions \u003ci\u003eMatthew Snipp and Anjula Saraff\u003c\/i\u003e 3. American Indian and Alaska Native Grandfamilies: The Impact on Child Development \u003ci\u003eSuzanne Cross, Angelique Day, and Patricia Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e 4. American Indian and Alaska Native Students with Disabilities: Implications for Research and Practice \u003ci\u003eSusan C. Faircloth\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Learning the Community's Curriculum: The Linguistic, Social, and Cultural Resources of American Indian and Alaska Native Children \u003ci\u003eMary Eunice Romero-Little\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Ethnic Identity and Mental Health among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents \u003ci\u003eCarol A. Markstrom, Nancy Whitesell, and Renee V. Galliher\u003c\/i\u003e 7. The Emergence of Problems in Adolescence for American Indian and Alaska Native Children \u003ci\u003eAmy E. West and Denise L. Newman\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Intragenerational and Intergenerational Implications of American Indian Children's Mental Health: The Place for Adult Development \u003ci\u003eKaren Albright\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Community-Based Participatory Research in Indian Country: Definitions, Theory, Rationale, Examples, and Principles \u003ci\u003eLisa Rey Thomas, Dennis M. Donovan, Robin Little Wing Sigo, and Laura Price\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Systems of Mental Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Adolescents \u003ci\u003eDouglas K. Novins and Gary Bess\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Community-Based Interventions for Depression in Parents and Other Caregivers on a Northern Plains Native American Reservation \u003ci\u003eJoshua Sparrow, Minnetta Ironpipe Armstrong, Carol Bird, Ethyl Grant, Sherry Hilleboe, Brenda Olson-Bird, Renee Tatsey, Sharon Wagner, Margaret Ann Yellow Kidney, and William Beardslee\u003c\/i\u003e 12. The Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Tribal Communities \u003ci\u003eMichelle C. Sarche, Candace Fleming, and Paul Spicer\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Culturally Based Education: Promoting Academic Success and the General Well-Being of Native American Students \u003ci\u003eWilliam G. Demmert Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e 14. The Indian Child Welfare Act: Implications for American Indian and Alaska Native Children, Families, and Communities \u003ci\u003eMatthew L. M. Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e 15. The Process and Dissemination of Cultural Adaptations of Evidence-Based Practices for American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Their Families \u003ci\u003eDolores Subia BigFoot\u003c\/i\u003e 16. American Indian Life Skills: A Community-Based Intervention for Indigenous Mental Health \u003ci\u003eTeresa D. LaFromboise and Azadeh S. Fatemi\u003c\/i\u003e 17. Cultural Interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: The Elluam Tungiinun and Nagi Kicopi Programs \u003ci\u003eJames Allen, Gerald V. Mohatt, Stacy M. Rasmus, Rick Two Dogs, Tara Ford, Ethleen Iron Cloud Two Dogs, and Richard Moves Camp\u003c\/i\u003e Index About the Editors and Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767368941911,"sku":"9780313383045","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780313383045.jpg?v=1758713078","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-indian-and-alaska-native-children-and-mental-health-development-context-prevention-and-treatment-child-psychology-and-mental-health-9780313383045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}