About this course
This continuing education manual equips licensed psychologists and advanced graduate clinicians with a rigorous, clinically usable understanding of mental health issues affecting American Indian and Alaska Native populations. It synthesizes empirical findings on mental health disparities, trauma exposure, and service use, presents ethical and clinical implications of Indigenous frameworks such as alter-Native psy-ence, and reviews evidence from culturally adapted and Indigenized treatment approaches. Emphasis is placed on culturally responsive assessment, community sovereignty, historical trauma, and collaborative practice models within tribal and federal service systems.
Who this course is for
Psychologists
Graduate-level Clinicians
Clinical Social Workers
Psychiatrists
Counselors
Program objectives
- Describe 3 key mental health disparities impacting AI/AN populations including substance use disorders, PTSD, and suicide rates
- Identify 2 methods for culturally responsive trauma assessment and integrated treatment planning in AI/AN clinical contexts
- Explain the principles of the alter-Native psy-ence framework and its implications for ethical clinical practice with AI/AN clients
- Evaluate evidence from 6 randomized controlled trials on culturally adapted and Indigenized interventions for AI/AN mental health