The article “Sharing One Skin” by Jeannette Armstrong, introduces us to the four capacities of self. These four are the physical, emotional, thinking intellectual, and the spiritual capacities of us and everyone. Armstrong gives us her personal background of where she comes from and their beliefs. We found the definitions of those four capacities of self. Physical being one part of the whole self that depends on us entirely existing beyond the skin. Emotional being that which connects to other parts of our larger selves around us. The Okanagan word for this translates to heart. Thinking-intellectual is the spark that ignites one. Lastly, the spiritual self is referred to as a part both of the individual being and of the larger self of which all things are part. The article further explains basically what community is.

In the article, “How place names impact the way we see the landscape” by B. Toastie, we are able to see the ways western names rather than the traditional names affect the view that comes from the landscape. What we found in these articles is that the western names of landscapes are usually named after males, military/powerful people, and that they have little to no connection to the land. Some places do have two names rather than one, those being one traditional, and one western. When a landscape does, the understanding of what certain respect and honor should be given comes with the difficulties to really understand what visitors can struggle with because of the two names. 

Vivek Murthy, the United States Surgeon General introduced the challenges faced with mental health and young people in this country. He states in this report that he is concerned about the obstacles the young generation is facing. Because of racial injustices and climate change, the mental health, the emotional, psychological and social well-being is devastating for young people. According to his report, 1 in 5 children and adolescents ages 3 to 17 have reported mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Sadly, the treatment they receive is not looked at until they are 11 years old. 

The Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program discusses the statistics with Natives and Mental Health and ways we can help provide more better care services. Acknowledging the generational trauma that is fed to the Indigenous population and the struggles we face. “If we do not find a way to change this epidemic, we will have done what the bullets, the treaties, the boarding schools did not do. We will have succeeded in probably eliminating Indian culture in a meaningful way because there just won’t be very many of us left who are healthy enough to pass it on.” I included this quote as it makes you get a different point of view of mental health and Native Americans as we don’t see it in that sense. 

This video talks about the historical events that feed the poor mental health of Natives as that trauma can get passed down from generation to generation, and how modern things take away the traditional teachings. An example she mentioned would be washing machines because of how they take away the teaching of how to wash clothes the way they were in the past. Another example mentioned is one you can strongly agree with is boys being taught not to cry, as everyone’s emotional well-being should be a priority. 

This article goes over the different struggles that tribes are facing at this point in time with these main factors being the headings: violence against women, housing and employment, with education and health. The heading after the overview states “How the Development of Reservations Impacted Contemporary Native Nations, introducing the issues listed above, that a lot of reservations have in common. 

This article goes over the different struggles that tribes are facing at this point in time with these main factors being the headings: violence against women, housing and employment, with education and health. The heading after the overview states “How the Development of Reservations Impacted Contemporary Native Nations, introducing the issues listed above, that a lot of reservations have in common. 

This Ted Talk talked about how a more traditional way of tackling mental illness was taken instead of the mainstream approach like therapy and medicine, but within the traditional approach, there can be moments where things go overboard. A result of those overboards can result in a patient detaching from life, and spiraling out of a controlled lifestyle. The video mainly revolves around a man who did exactly that, taking the traditional approach too far. 

Approximately 450 million people suffer from mental disorder worldwide, with more than 75% of those affected being from developing countries. The article I selected is a study that was done in a mental health hospital in West Java Island in Indonesia, with 15 patients and 15 nurses. The study explored traditional, cultural and religious beliefs regarding causes of mental illnesses where these five themes emerging from the interviews with nurses and patients: Possessed illness and belief in supernatural forces, Sinful and cursed illness, witchcraft or human made illness, and lastly treatment and the barriers to it. Patients would look for alternatives like shamans and a hospital is their last resort. Another treatment is the healers where they are given spell therapy. The prevailing belief in supernatural, spiritual or magico-religious being the cause of mental illness, is why spiritual healing in Indonesia has been the preferred approach for mental illness.  

In this article we take a look at how Paris, France deals with mental health with the numerous sources they have available for youth and adults. We learn about the main program Fondation de France which supports research and screening programs for teens.