Mental Health Awareness:

How Traditional Activities Can Help With Mental Health

Presented by: Janine Atencio

From: Ohkay Owingeh

(Atencio, Janine. Equine Therapy, 2019)

Research Log- Identity

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The Importance of One's Identity

In the article, "How place names impact the way we see landscape" written by B. Toastie Oaster discusses the topic of how Indigenous People are trying to rename certain landscapes to their original cultural names. The reason being many of the cultural names for the landscapes were given to the land to honor it and honor the connection to their people. Whereas the colonized names are mostly after colonizers who conquered the land. This article brings up how names are not only important to identify and honor the land, but also to oneself. Identity is important because it not only represents a person but also how they are. How they present themselves, interact with others, their values, and their feelings.

Oaster, B. "Toastie"- High Country News

Research Logs- History

History of Mental Health

The video, "A History of Mental Illness" goes into depth about how Mental Illness was seen and treated in the past, also how it affects families that have a family member that has a mental illness today. The first thing it explains is how in the 18th Century mental illness wasn't seen as a health problem but as demonic possession, as in the 18th century, the Christianity religion played a role in people's perspective. The second thing it talked about was how people with mental illness got treated. In the past, people were treated by being locked in cages, handcuffed to a bed, and even punished. Later on in the 1930s it was seen as a disease of the mind and many people started to show, ¨both a kind of ethos of compassionate or humanitarian concern¨, and drugs for mental illness started to arise. The third thing, they went into dept about was the effects of mental illness on families that have family members with family members that suffer from mental illness. For this, they interviewed many people about their experiences. They talked about how it affected them when they found out that their family member had been diagnosed with a mental illness and how they felt seeing them going through it. Many of them had a fear of losing them mentally and physically.

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(Atencio, Janine. New Beginnings. Aug 28, 2022.)

History of Therapy

" A Brief History of Therapy" is an article that discusses where therapy originated and the people who played a role in shaping it, also how the rise of new types of therapy started. Firstly, it discussed that the origins of therapy started from how people would tell stories to each other and give advice. Then in the 1800s, the term ¨psychotherapy¨ was invented and this was where patients would talk about their emotions and behaviors and try to learn well trying to handle real-life situations. It was also put in motion in 1874 when an article written by The Lancet said that talking on the telephone with someone could help you mentally. Secondly, it discussed how Fued Sigmund played a role in shaping therapy. He shaped it with his theory of the ¨two-part human mind¨. He also was the one who ¨suggested that children go through a series of psychosexual stages.¨ He also helped with many other things. Lastly, it was discussed in the mid-1900s and later on, therapy became more famous and that is how new types of therapy were created like Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Client-centered therapy, etc.

Weinberger, Jessica- Talkspace

Research Logs- Current State of the Issue

The article, “Adam’s Effort to Address Mental Crisis Fall Short, Report Says”, discussed how, Eric Adams, the current mayor of New York City is trying to reduce the number of crimes in New york city, but seeing his actions he is “prioritize policing” over trying to fix the root issues of the crimes which are mental health and joblessness.

Mays, Jeffery C- New York Times

(Atencio, Janine. The beauty of the greys. October 17, 2019.)

The article With Anxiety on the Rise, Some Children Try 'Exposure Therapy'.” brings up how because of covid many people are experiencing anxiety and other mental health problems and because of that people, especially children are using exposure therapy to help them. The article talks about children who are using exposure therapy to help them with their social anxiety and phobias and seeing positive results. It also goes into depth on how exposure therapy started and evolved over time but was too expensive. Also how statistics showed large racial gaps in children who were receiving mental health treatments. Due to the higher risk of anxiety and other mental health problems, Blue Cross and Blue Shield are trying to make it so all children can get help.

Hughes, Virginia, and Desiree Rios- New York Times

Research Logs- Global Connections

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The article, ¨LGBTQ+ Communities and Mental Health¨, discusses the topic of how many members of the LGBTQ+ community have reported having a mental illness. In the article, they look back on polls and data sources. It shows that out of out of the U.S. population 4.5% identify in the LGBTQ+ community and out of that percentage 39% reported having a mental illness. Some of the causes are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, personal events, or even being from a second community group is marginalized.

Mental Health America

The article, ¨Exploring the Mental Health Impact of Aging Women¨, brings up the issue that many people overlook the mental health of older people because they believe it's just the fact that they are aging. For women, it is overlooked by the physical and mental changes over time. Some of the main mental illnesses that older women have been diagnosed with are anxiety and depression. Also, the personal experiences they go through affect their mental health.

Community Connection Magazine | Baylor University

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In the video “In Japan, More People Died by Suicide Last Month than from COVID in All of 2020” they talk about the current issue of the rise of suicide in Japan. They talk about some of the causes being stress, social isolation, being unemployed, or anxiety. They also brought up the issues that different groups (gender, age, social groups) are facing that are leading them to commit suicide. Another topic they bring up is some solutions that could solve the issue of the rise of suicide.

ABC30 Fresno- CNN

Action Plan 1: Game Night

(Atencio, Janine. Game Night. 2022.)

For my first action plan I got together with my family and had a game tonight. We played a traditional paiute hand game, ¨ Sticks and Bones.

Action Plan 2:

(Atencio, Janine. My personal feast day. 2023.)

I held my second action plan on March 11, 2023. I worked with Aileen, the Head of the Education Department, and Derrick Calvert, the Head War Chief, to plan Puna Bea Games in my Pueblo. I also planned for me and my grandma to serve food after the game.

Due to scheduling, time, and traditional doings, the game had to be rescheduled. My grandma and I still served food to anyone who wanted to come and eat.

Biography

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster Image credit: Tony Abeyta May 1, 2022 From the print edition. “How Place Names Impact the Way We See Landscape.” High Country News – Know the West, 1 May 2022, https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.5/people-places-how-place-names-impact-the-way-we-see-landscape.

“Exploring the Mental Health Impact of Aging Women.” Community Connection Magazine | Baylor University, 12 Nov. 2020, https://www.baylor.edu/communityconnection/news.php action=story&story=221008#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20mental%20health,those%20who%20lack%20social%20support.

Hughes, Virginia, and Desiree Rios. “With Anxiety on the Rise, Some Children Try 'Exposure Therapy'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/health/anxiety-treatment-exposure-therapy.html.

“In Japan, More People Died by Suicide Last Month than from COVID in All of 2020.” ABC30 Fresno, CNN, 29 Nov. 2020, https://abc30.com/japan-suicides-suicide-rates-covid-women/8359064/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2023.

“LGBTQ+ Communities and Mental Health.” Mental Health America, https://mhanational.org/issues/lgbtq-communities-and-mental-health.

Mays, Jeffery C. “Adams's Efforts to Address Mental Health Crisis Fall Short, Report Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/nyregion/mental-illness-crime-nyc.html?searchResultPosition=1.

TransformingHealth, director. A History of Mental Illness. YouTube, YouTube, 21 Apr. 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRbkDKF3vVo. Accessed 21 Oct. 2022.

Weinberger, Jessica. “A Brief History of Therapy.” Talkspace, 1 Aug. 2022, https://www.talkspace.com/blog/psychotherapy-history-of-therapy/.

Pictures Citation

Atencio, Janine. Equine Therapy. 2019.

Atencio, Janine. Game Night. 2022.

Atencio, Janine. My personal feast day. 2023.

Atencio, Janine. New Beginnings. Aug 28, 2022.

Atencio, Janine. The beauty of the greys. October 17, 2019.

“El Capitan.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/place/El-Capita

Prisco, Jacopo. “A Colorful History of the Rainbow Flag.” CNN, Cable News Network, 7 June 2019, https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pride-rainbow-flag-design-history/index.html.

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