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Find research, content videos, and other resources that support and inform our xaʔtu̓s (First Face) for Mental Health training.
Animated Life Stories
Below are animated life stories from our xaʔtu̓s (First Face) for Mental Health training showing how you can be the First Face in your community.
- Meet Nick
- Meet Joe
- Meet Star
- Meet Thomas
- Meet Stormie
- Meet Sage
- Meet Cheyenne
- Meet Rose Marie
- Meet Qwasqi & Milo
Ask An Expert
Below you will find interviews with experts in addiction, trauma, and mental health to discuss current trends, ongoing work in the field, and their insight on these issues.
- Ask An Expert: Intergenerational Trauma
- Ask An Expert: Types of Trauma
- Ask An Expert: Anxiety & Depression: Overview
- Ask An Expert: Anxiety & Depression: Advice for Non-Professionals
- Ask An Expert: Anxiety & Depression: Culture and Expressive Arts
- Ask An Expert: Naloxone
- Ask An Expert: Self-Care for Indigenous People
- Ask An Expert: Yoga & Meditation
BASIS Articles and Editorials
The Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS) is the Division on Addiction’s free weekly blog. We occasionally use this blog to promote research about addiction in Tribal communities and the work of Native American scholars.
How the Biological Vulnerability Myth Affected One Native Child. by Hannah Tomeo, a member member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and is also a descendant of the Yakima Nation and the Nez Perce Tribe, and is Samoan Pacific Islander, 11/08/2023.
xaʔtu̓s (First Face) for Mental Health: The next step in our journey towards Tribal healing and liberation by Martina Whelshula, PhD, a member of the Arrow Lakes Nation of the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington State, 12/14/2022.
National American Indian Heritage Month: Celebration of a proud history by Dr. Anne Helene Skinstad of the National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center and Dr. Dennis Norman of the Harvard University Native American Program, 11/7/2014.
The Work of Nations: Cultivating Wealth and Health in Indian Country by Katherine Spilde, Ph.D. Dr. Spilde is an Associate Professor at San Diego State University and the Endowed Chair of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming, 11/14/2014.
The patient is not the diagnosis: Addiction understood from a liberation psychology perspective by Eduardo Duran, PhD, 11/21/2014.
Promoting Cultures of Recovery in Tribal Nations: NARCH by Martina Whelshula, Ph.D, 11/28/2014.
Tribal trajectories: Predicting substance use patterns among American Indian youth. STASH, Vol. 10(12), 11/5/2014.
Higher income, better outcomes? The impact of casino gambling on American Indian health. The WAGER, Vol. 19(12), 11/12/2014.
Alcohol attributable deaths among Native and non-Native groups. The DRAM, Vol. 10(12), 11/19/2014.
One size does not fit all: Geographic variability in Native American smoking and lung cancer deaths. ASHES, Vol. 10(12), 11/26/2014.
Publications
Gray, H.M, Beu Rae, M., Anderson, C., Nelson, S.E., LaPlante, D. A., Whelshula, M. M., & Bowman, M. (2023). Recommendations for optimizing xaʔtu̓s (First Face) for Mental Health training: Insights from key informants. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 30(2), 22-54. doi: 10.5820/aian.3002.2023.22
Whelshula, M. M., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Gray, H. M. (2021). Recommendations for improving adolescent addiction recovery support in six northwest tribal communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 49(7), 2922-2937. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22665
Whelshula, M., Hill, M., Galaitsi, S. E., Trump, B., Mahoney, E., Mersky, A., Poinsatte-Jones, K., & Linkov, I. (2021). Native populations and the opioid crisis: forging a path to recovery. Environmental Systems Decisions, 41(3), 334-340. doi: 10.1007/s10669-021-09813-3
LaPlante, D. A., Whelshula, M., Gray, H. M., & Nelson, S. E. (2021). Understanding American Indian youth in residential recovery from substance use disorder: Risk and protective experiences and perceived recovery support. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 28(1), 39–70. https://doi.org/10.5820/aian.2801.2021.39
Posters
Risk & Resilience among Native American Youth in the Pacific Northwest, by Debi LaPlante, Ph.D., Martina Whelshula, Ph.D., Sarah Nelson, Ph.D., & Matthew Tom, Ph.D.
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