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Today is National Aboriginal Day

June 21st, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Today is National Aboriginal Day)

Koori Men’s Health Day a service model for community mental health from Australia

June 20th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Koori Men’s Health Day a service model for community mental health from Australia)

picture 697banner pfrKoori Men’s Health Day is a community based, collaborative, culturally accepted service model for early identification of mental and physical illness among Koori men in rural Australia

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Web of culture: Building online mental health resources for northern youth in BC

June 20th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Web of culture: Building online mental health resources for northern youth in BC)

picture 696abanner pfrValerie Ward’s research with Indigenous youth living in northern B.C. explores whether existing online mental health resources are age and culturally appropriate

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Mental health collaboration with First Nations: Who is steering the canoe?

June 20th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Mental health collaboration with First Nations: Who is steering the canoe?)

picture 695banner pfrDr. Rod McCormick says current Aboriginal health in Canada is a direct result of previous Canadian government policies — and that we must help communities reclaim their own healing resources

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Life-long focus on Inuit culture, and art in the everyday, drives creative purpose

June 13th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Life-long focus on Inuit culture, and art in the everyday, drives creative purpose)

picture 694_used with permissionbanner pfrA lifetime spent immersed in the art, culture and everyday lives of Canada’s Inuit and east coast maritime communities has helped make John Houston into a Canadian renaissance man

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Stigma fuels men’s resistance to seek help for mental illness

June 13th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Stigma fuels men’s resistance to seek help for mental illness)

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The social and self-stigma around mental illness also fuels men’s shame, stoicism and resistance to seek peer or professional help

When Jessica’s brother went missing in 2013, she was sure he had been abducted. His car was found abandoned, with the driver’s door open and keys still in the ignition. She eventually found him in a hospital, where he’d been admitted after experiencing a psychotic episode.  Read the rest of this article at The Vancouver Sun…