“We belong to nature”
Communicating mental health in an indigenous context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21724401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rita Sørly (0000-0001-9741-6472, NORCE Research AS, corresponding author), Vår Mathisen (UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Siv Kvernmo (0000-0002-8406-2449, UiT The Arctic University of Norway) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1280-1296 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1473-3250 • E-ISSN: 1741-3117 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1473325020932374 |
| OpenAlex | W3038017092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
The approach to standardized services in Norwegian mental health care is tailored to the needs of the majority population, focusing on diagnoses and overshadows an approach that understands, values and emphasizes Sámi storytelling and everyday life. This study aims to contribute knowledge regarding the promotion of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of Sámi mental health care users. A narrative approach offers an opportunity to unravel an indigenous approach to mental health care and user involvement. People organize their storytelling according to culturally available narratives. This paper focuses on 9 Sámi men’s and women’s stories related to user involvement in mental health care services. Through a thematic analysis of personal stories, we emphasize how the participants make sense of their needs as patients in a culturally adapted mental health context and their experiences living in Sámi core areas. The following four themes are identified as prerequisites for user involvement in services: (1) the expectation of raising children to be independent, (2) the importance of accepting and recognizing the Sámi identity, (3) the need to live in close relations with nature and family, and 4) the right to be in the Sámi mode. Based on the results of our analysis, we find that user involvement among Sámi mental health care users is related to important Sámi values and norms within the culture and that treatment without these important values could adversely affect user involvement in mental health services
Geography · Health care · Indigenous · Mental health · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Norwegian · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Thematic analysis · Community Health and Development · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
Indigenous health part 1
Indigenous health part 2
Ethno‐ and Cultural Psychiatry
What is known about the health and living conditions of the indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, the Sami
Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway
Treatment Satisfaction and Recovery in Saami and Norwegian Patients Following Psychiatric Hospital Treatment
Narrative performances of user involvement among service users in mental health care
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Struggles of being and becoming
Cultural competence and evidence-based practice in mental health
The Inupiat and Arctic Alaska
Introduction
Clinicians' assumptions about Sami culture and experience providing mental health services to Indigenous patients in Norway
Shattering culture
Mapping resilience pathways of Indigenous youth in five circumpolar communities
Rethinking cultural competence
Traditional Sámi Child Rearing in Transition
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |