Title Addictions and healing in Aboriginal country / Gregory Phillips

Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2003

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Description xix, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Informit E-Library book collection Contents Pt. 1. Upsetting the balance, opening the doors -- Ch. 1. Working with communities -- Ch. 2. Introducing illness -- Pt. 2. The story of addictions in big river -- Ch. 3. Grog, gunga and gambling -- Ch. 4. Why do people use? -- Ch. 5. Addressing grog, gunga and gambling -- Pt. 3. Looking elsewhere for ideas -- Ch. 6. Efforts from native Canada -- Pt. 4. Healing and change -- Ch. 7. Waking up from a kind of sleep -- App. A. Protocol for visits to big river -- App. B. Individual consent forms Summary Establishes a framework for understanding the issues pertinent to Indigenous addictions to alcohol, gunga and gambling and its aftermath in one community, Big River (a fictitious name for a real community) Analysis Aboriginal Australians - Substance use Aboriginal Australians - Health and hygiene Aboriginal Australians - Medical care Alcohol/drug abuse & welfare (Australia) Notes Based on author's Master's thesis, University of Queensland, 2001 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-204) and index Notes Also available via WWW Print version record Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use. Aboriginal Australians -- Substance use. Aboriginal Australians -- Gambling. Aboriginal Australians -- Drug use. Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene. Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care. Substance-Related Disorders -- epidemiology. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Social Conditions. Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy. Gambling. Disease. Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders. Delivery of Health Care. Social Conditions. Gambling. Substance-Related Disorders. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Sociology. Socioeconomic Factors. Mental Disorders. Continental Population Groups. Risk-Taking. Behavior. Social Sciences. Population Groups. Population Characteristics. Psychiatry and Psychology Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms. Persons. Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Named Groups SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Australia -- epidemiology. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315Q000453 Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. LC no. 2004353566 ISBN 0855754508 :

Other Titles Addictions & healing in Aboriginal country

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