@article{ref1,
title="Group therapy of aboriginal offenders in a Canadian forensic psychiatric facility",
journal="American Indian and Alaska Native mental health research",
year="1995",
author="Waldram, J. B. and Wong, S.",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="34-56",
abstract="In recent years, the use of group therapy approaches with Aboriginal or Native Canadians/American Indians has become widely accepted. However, many advocates of this approach rarely consider the implications of group therapy for culturally heterogeneous groups, such as when non-Aboriginal peoples are involved or when there are Aboriginal peoples from different cultures and/or with different degrees of orientation to Euro-Canadian culture. This article documents the use of one form of group therapy for Aboriginal offenders in a forensic psychiatric facility, where this degree of cultural heterogeneity exists. The article concludes that, at least within a forensic psychiatric setting, group therapies that mirror the social, cultural, racial, and class structures of Euro-Canadian society are problematic in the treatment of traditional Aboriginal offenders but much less so for acculturated Aboriginal offenders.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-5394",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}