ABS205H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sweat Lodge, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Centre For Addiction And Mental Health
10 Jan 2017
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ABS205 – January 9th, 2016 – Lecture 1
- In Cree, “syllabus” means “rubbers”
Book Review
- Any indigenous/aboriginal author
- Could be a children’s book
- Reference other authors
- Use APA
- Body of paper:
o Cite author in body of paper
- Send Brenda title of book you’ll use
Tests
- 2 tests: midterm and final
- Exam on textbook material
Mental Health
- CAMH put up sweat lodge on grounds
o = willingness to understand
Western Mental Health System
- There are ways of addressing mental health issues
o Pharmaceuticals for treating mental health
- Form of treatment:
o Medicine
o Therapy
▪ CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy)
o Surgeries
- Mostly externally applied treatment
- Who are the people here getting help?
o Patients
- Only addresses superficial problems
o “She/he is presenting with…”
- Fail to address why they’re “presenting with”
- Dependent on other
o You just rely on someone else to cure you
o Instead of relying on self for healing
- Patients isolated in separate rooms
Sweatlodge
- Indigenous worldview of mental health and healing
- When come to sweat lodge, people sit close together
- Sit on ground at same level
- Use own kinds of medicines for dealing with illness
- Who are the people here getting help?
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Document Summary
Abs205 january 9th, 2016 lecture 1. Body of paper: cite author in body of paper. Send brenda title of book you"ll use. Camh put up sweat lodge on grounds: = willingness to understand. There are ways of addressing mental health issues: pharmaceuticals for treating mental health. Form of treatment: medicine, therapy, cbt (cognitive behaviour therapy, surgeries. Who are the people here getting help: patients. Only addresses superficial problems: she/he is presenting with . Fail to address why they"re presenting with . Dependent on other: you just rely on someone else to cure you, instead of relying on self for healing. When come to sweat lodge, people sit close together. Use own kinds of medicines for dealing with illness. Who are the people here getting help: not patients, just people -friends, kids, families. Person leading the lodge doesn"t prescribe anything. All natural medicines: what would the natural medicines be, tobacco, sweetgrass, sage, cedar, water, fire, grandfathers/mothers.
