title: Surviving, healing and moving forward: Journeys towards resilience among Canadian Cree adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Canadian First Nations (FN) people have experienced and continue to experience significant adversities, yet many demonstrate aspects of resilience.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this qualitative study was to specifically understand Cree adults' meanings and mechanisms of resilience following maltreatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten Cree adults were interviewed individually. Modified grounded theory was used to interpret the transcribed interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants discussed resilience as a journey of 'survival' and 'overcoming' and pathways to healing that were multifactorial and included traditional teachings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mental health providers should consider and incorporate these mechanisms into treatment for Cree people, when appropriate, to aid recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada corinne.isaak@umanitoba.ca.
authors.forename: Corinne A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Isaak
authors.affiliation: Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Donna E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Natalie P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.affiliation: Cree Nation Tribal Health, The Pas, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Laurence Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Jitender
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sareen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aboriginal; Cree; First Nations; Resilience; mental health; qualitative; suicide; trauma