Posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol, and tribes: obstacles to research.
Based on research and clinical experiences on and off Indian reservations in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, the author shares his perspective on systemic obstacles to psychological research in Indian Country. Using those obstacles as a springboard, he maps the emergent epistemological differences between western and native approaches to gathering knowledge and engendering change. The resulting discussion suggests different ways in which research can be conceptualized with Indian tribes.
Villanueva
Michael
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Center of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Addictions, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA. michaelv@unm.edu
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D013240:Stereotyping; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy