In the article ¨Sharing one skin¨ by Jeanette Armstrong she talks about the four capacities of self. The four capacities of self help jer connect better with the land. The first one is the physical self. It talks about how earth is our body itself. ¨Our body- mind is extremely knowledgeable in that way.¨ Shows or tells us the connection made to oneself. Next is the emotional self is thinking with your heart instead of your head. She goes on to talk about how people are all connected to each other. Also how you as a person are a part of something bigger. The third one is the thinking intellectual and she talks about memory. ¨A fire that is not controlled can destroy¨. The last one is spiritual self and how everything falls into place but ¨Brings new knowledge into existence¨. Allowing you to be one with yourself.

Armstrong, Jeanette. 1996 ¨Sharing ones skin¨: The Okanagan community ¨pp. 460-470 in 

Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds.), The Case Against the Global Economy, 

San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books

In the article “How places' names impact the way we see landscape” By B. Toastie talks about what connects stories and memories to our land. In the article they talk about how history has something to do with place identity. Stories that are retold hold a significance to people. It could be a place you go to when you're feeling down or a place you got married at. But it's always a way of reconnecting with past history. 

Toastie.B.May 1, 2022, ¨How Place Names Impact the way We see Landscapes¨

www.hen.org.org/issues/45.5/people-places-how-place-names-impact-the-way-we-see-landscape/print-view.   

In the story “And Then I Went To School” by Joe Suina talks about him going to school at the age of six. He talks about the challenges he faces but despite his living situations he decides to make the best out of it. He only knows how to speak his Native language so he has to learn English but in doing that it gives him anxiety. Most of what he says talks about memories from his past. He then goes on to navigate his way through life.    

Suina, Joseph. “And Then I Went To School”, New Mexico Journal of Reading. Winter 1985, 

Vol. V, No 2.

In the article “The Roots of the Concept of Mental Health” by Jose Bertolote he shows the bringing to light of what mental health is and how it came to be. In the article mental health was referred to as mental hygiene and had not been founded before 1946. In 1908 Clifford Beer published a book about his time in 3 mental hospitals which helped bring more attention to the wellbeing of people with mental health disorders. Bertolote then goes on to talk about the mental hygiene movement and how it helped maximized psychoanalytic orientation. Which helped many people seek help and talk to someone about their issues. In August 1948 The First International Congress of Mental Health was organized by the British National Association. This helped put people who needed help with mental health in programs to give them proper treatment. 

Bertolote, Jose. The roots of the Concept of Mental Health. World Psychiatry: Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (2008)

In the article “The Realization of an Idea” by Dr. Wallace Mandell  he talks about the long history of what we now call mental health. In 1893 the realization of what mental health stemmed from came from Darwinian thinking. Within the science community they found that it was based on 3 things: Biological Basis, Primarily Genetic, and a mutation that is unsuccessful. Adolph Meyers is one of the founders of the mental hygiene movements. He looked into what really affected people and found out that past events in people's lives really had a big impact on them in their lives. In 1936 Paul lemkau did a study on a state and local level and found that each person's way of receiving treatment for mental health is different because many factors of their lives come into play.

Mandell, Wallace. “Origins of Mental Health |John Hopkins| Bloomberg School of Public Health.(1995)

In the video “A History of Mental Illness' 'by PBS it looks into the history of mental health. In the video it talks about how people with mental disorders are dismissed as horrible people. Many people didn't get the proper treatment back in the day. People now want people with mental disorders to live in a group home because people think they would benefit from them. Now days we can give proper treatment to people with mental health problems.

“Transforming Health| A History of Mental Illness| Season 2019 Episode 1401” “PBS, 22 April 2019”

In the article “what's the current state of mental health in the united states” by Kristina DePue talks about the impact covid-19 had on mental health. In the article she talks about how we are seeing a high amount of burnout and stress levels in doctors, nurses, teachers, and mental health providers. She goes on to say that it would be easy to blame our decline in mental health on the isolation caused by the pandemic but that's not the case. DePue talks about how nowadays our culture rewards workaholics but leaves little time for the actual person to deal or heal from mental health issues or past trauma.

“What is the current state of mental health in the United States?” University of Nevada, Reno, 1 February 2020.

In this article “Kids' mental health is in crisis.” by Zara Abram talks about mental health nowadays. Abram starts of talking about what is stressing kids nowadays. Covid-19 is a big factor and had a huge impact on youth all over the world. She talks about how you are experiencing developmental changes at a younger age. This leads to a behavior change. The second thing she talked about was mental health in schools. Some psychologists are helping schools better attend to health related issues. As she says “ There is a mental health crisis in youth”

“Kids' mental health is in crisis, Here's what psychologist are doing to help”American psychological Association, 1 January, 2023

In the video “Teen mental health in crisis” by CNN talks about how different youth are from back then. Michael Smerconish talks about how parents back them focused on the actions of their kids but now parents focus on their children's mental health. He goes on to interview Matt Richtel about mental health and how it's different when it comes to today's youth. Richtel says that there is a huge fundamental shift in youth. He explains that the youth nowadays aren't as social and struggle with anxiety. He also says that a kid's environment plays a huge role in their mental health.

“90% of US adults say the United States is experiencing a mental Health crisis” CNN, 5 october, 2022

In the article “The unthinkable Mental Health crisis, That shook New England college” by Jordan Kisner expresses the importance of mental health. At worcester polytechnic institute 7 students committed suicide within 6 months. School admin began to panic and fear spread across campus. Katherine foo, an assistant professor at the college took the students death the hardest.This caused the collage to look deeper into the problem. W.P.I relooked at the mental health & wellness protocols that were previously put in place. The riverside trauma center sprang into action and wanted to reach out to the students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Riverside center helped organize town hall meetings where students could talk about their mental health and how they were overall. They just wanted to create a safe space for students to talk and be themselves. The W.P.I campus changed and students were encouraged to get out more. The campus then opened a center for well-being. They wanted to have their students feel valued. 

Kisner, Jordan. "How worcester Polytechnic Institute weathered a spate of suicides". The new york times, 25 January 2024

In the article “Today's Teenagers: Anxious about Their Futures and Disillusioned by Politicians” by Claire Cain Miller talks about how teens nowadays are more socially aware of things going on in the world. The common sense media survey showed that many of the youth feel like elected officials dont show or represent the youth the way they want. Youth want to be heard in every way because they are our future. Nowadays the youth are more aware of problems in the world. They agree that mental health is a huge problem in today's youth. Social media is one of the biggest problems and it's in the top 5  causes of depression and anxiety. 

Miller , Claire Cain . "TODAY'S Teenagers : anxious about their FUTURES and DISILLUSIONED by POLITICIANS". The new york times , 30 january 2024. 

In this video Erica Ficklen a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe tells her story of native american psychologist. Ficklen invited native students to gather/ share circles to talk about mental health. Bullying was a big problem. She then goes on to say native experience 2.5 times more psychological distress because they are native and have “Issues”. At the sharing circles they talk about how natives view having “issues”as having a gift. They believe that it's something that god has blessed them with and that they're here to teach people positive things.

"Two americans: Native Americans LESSONS in UNDERSTANDING mental Health " Youtube , 30 November 2021.