Cultural determinants and resilience and recovery factors associated with trauma among Aboriginal help-seeking clients from an Aboriginal community-controlled counselling service

BMC Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: March 10, 2023

Abstract In addition to resilience and resistance, collective personal experiences of trauma are commonly cited within the context Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander other Indigenous First People’s colonisation. This study investigated whether a range risk protective factors, including cultural determinants social emotional wellbeing, were associated with posttraumatic stress outcomes among 81 help-seeking clients from an community-controlled counselling service in Melbourne, Australia. The explored potential relationships between exposure, child removal natural family, racism, gender, symptom severity. also personal, relationship, community strengths as detailed Resilience Recovery Questionnaire, moderated relationship exposure Participants endorsed symptoms distress consistent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder idioms documented Australian Version Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Two generations one’s stressful life events experienced during past 12 months, being male, not having access funds for basic living expenses all greater Conversely, participants self-reported was lower Regression analysis revealed that events, expenses, community, important predictors Participant strength resources included connections culture,

Language: Английский

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From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(7), P. 5395 - 5395

Published: April 4, 2023

Aboriginal Australians have a fundamental human right to opportunities that lead healthy and flourishing lives. While the impact of trauma on is well-documented, pervasive deficit narrative focuses problems pathology persists in research policy discourse. This risks further exacerbating disadvantage through focus 'fixing what wrong' with internalising these narratives by Australians. growing body adopts strength-based models, limited has sought explore flourishing. conceptual paper seeks contribute burgeoning paradigm shift research, seeking understand can be learned from people who flourish, how we best determine this, contexts this impactful. Within, argue case for new approach exploring wellbeing integrates salutogenic, positive psychology concepts complex systems theory promote deeper work may required establish parameters strength-based, culturally aligned conceptualisation psychology, suggest integration Western methodologies offers unique potent means shifting dial seemingly intractable problems.

Language: Английский

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The Lancet Commission on self-harm

The Lancet, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 404(10461), P. 1445 - 1492

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Perspective to Practice: Theoretical Frameworks Explaining Intergenerational Trauma, Violence, and Maltreatment and Implications for the Therapeutic Response

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22(3), P. 321 - 321

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Intergenerational trauma, violence, and maltreatment, in which symptoms or experiences of an ancestor's trauma repeat otherwise manifest subsequent generations, presents a weighty societal challenge to multiplicity therapeutic intervention strategies have been applied. Theoretical perspectives are antecedent clinical social intervention, informing decisions both policy practice. However, these frequently remain subliminal imperceptible the discourse, resulting interventions that somewhat dislocated from their theoretical foundations. This narrative review seeks summarize discuss each theories as they apply intergenerational reveal potential association with specific models approaches. It positions flexibility between integration opportunities reach new enhanced understandings engender distinctive interventions. An enriched understanding explaining deeper appreciation for pertinence theory practice, incitement blend unique ways is, herewith, reached.

Language: Английский

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‘Healing through culture’: Aboriginal young people's experiences of social and emotional wellbeing impacts of cultural strengthening programs

Child Abuse & Neglect, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 148, P. 106206 - 106206

Published: May 12, 2023

Cultural connection for Aboriginal young people promotes wellbeing, resilience and healing. There is little research on the social emotional wellbeing (SEWB) impacts of cultural strengthening programs people, especially that includes perspectives people. even less experiences who have been in out-of-home care.

Language: Английский

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What about the soles: We need the primary data in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foot health to ‘Close the Gap’

First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3, P. 100041 - 100041

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Understanding Women and Seclusion Use in a Forensic Mental Health Setting: A Retrospective Study

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

Globally, efforts are underway to safely reduce and eliminate seclusion use in mental health settings. However, continues be used secure forensic hospitals despite well-known negative consequences for the person being secluded. Approaches reduction have been implemented across a range of services, informed largely by research which focuses on men may not relevant women Understanding remains somewhat limited. This study aimed identify characteristics associated with frequency duration admitted hospital examine who did experience seclusion. A retrospective cohort was conducted using data collected from medical records all site between 1 January 2016 30 April 2021. Data included demographic, clinical information. During timeframe there were 111 admissions, involving 82 individual 232 events, 48 women. Demographic factors single had children history child abuse/neglect. Women schizophrenia type diagnosis, personality disorder or substance use/abuse more frequently experienced multiple traumas secluded, however spent less time compared fewer experiences trauma. assist early identification potentially at higher risk experiencing seclusion, enabling earlier intervention, supporting elimination least some

Language: Английский

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Transforming Justice Responses to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 1, 2025

Abstract This book critically examines justice responses to non-recent institutional abuses across the island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and Republic within an international context, drawing on insights from interdisciplinary literature (eg law, political science, history, sociology, criminology, social policy) extensive primary research. Utilising North South, as its case study, it comparatively dominant forms abuses, including prosecutions civil litigation, inquiries, redress, apologies in both Anglophone non-Anglophone countries. Drawing related restorative justice, transitional transformative advances a re-imagined hybrid approach which draws conventional innovative approaches seeks bridge accountability gap between seeking achieving for abuses. The critical analysis is set against complexities legal, historical, cultural, institutional, realities addressing In voices multiple key stakeholders their experiences processes—victim/survivors well church state actors—in unique project, considers how we might reframe discourses responsibility, improve processes at level praxis, increase engagement victim/survivors actors order better address outcomes.

Language: Английский

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Inquiries

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 138 - 174

Published: April 2, 2025

Abstract This chapter critically examines official investigations into non-recent institutional abuses, within Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of (RoI) as well internationally, extent to which they might deliver truth, justice, accountability for victim/survivors. Section 2 reviews literature focusing on truth-seeking potential. 3, based extensive documentary analysis, investigatory mechanisms across a range jurisdictions including both Anglophone non-Anglophone countries those relating not only Catholic Church but also Protestant churches other religions. Sections 4 5 provide critical account in NI RoI. 6 7, drawing interview data, address two primary questions: what succession RoI have been facilitative truth acceptance responsibility by church state; are principal ideological, structural, legal barriers may inhibit capacity comprehensively abuses effect change? Finally, concluding section draws out learning terms reframing inquiries underlying discourses accountability.

Language: Английский

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Conventional Justice Responses

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103 - 137

Published: April 2, 2025

Abstract This chapter considers conventional justice mechanisms including criminal law, civil litigation, international human rights law (IHRL), and canon law. It examines ideological, structural, legal barriers to which contribute a distorted approach responsibility accountability misaligned the challenges of addressing non-recent institutional abuses. Section 2 responses their underlying focus purpose. 3 provides an context for use address Informed by interview data, Sections 4 5 evaluate capacity in Republic Ireland (RoI) Northern (NI) provide justice, responsibility, 6 briefly role on island responding allegations abuse. Drawing further 7 discerns value limitations from perspective key stakeholders, victim/survivors, state, church representatives. The concluding section transformative potential frameworks accountability.

Language: Английский

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