TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Group therapy of aboriginal offenders in a Canadian forensic psychiatric facility
JO  - American Indian and Alaska Native mental health research
A1  - Waldram, J. B.
A1  - Wong, S.
SP  - 34
EP  - 56
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-5394
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -