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Intergenerational Trauma from a Mental Health Perspective
Author(s): Peter Menzies
Publication Date: 2010
Over the past few decades, intergenerational trauma as a nexplanation for the array of social conditions that exist within Aboriginal communities has been put forward by a number of researchers (Braveheart-Jordon & De Bruyn, 1995; Hodgson, 1990; Kirmayer, Brass, & Tait, 2000; Phillips, 1999; Waldram, 1997). Through in-depth interviews, this study explored the men’s personal and family histories, seeking links between personal homelessness...
Developing an Aboriginal Healing Model for Intergenerational Trauma
Author(s): Peter Menzies
Publication Date: 2008
Over the past decade, intergenerational trauma as an explanation for the array of social conditions that exist within Aboriginal communities has been put forward by a number of researchers. This study explored the family histories of 21 Aboriginal men at a homeless shelter, seeking links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma. The indicators of intergenerational trauma within four domains are synthesized in the Intergeneration...
Intergenerational Trauma and Homeless Aboriginal Men
Author(s): Peter Menzies
Publication Date: 2006
As an Aboriginal therapist working out of Canada's largest mental health and addiction treatment facility, I have found the prevailing theories on homelessness have failed to provide an adequate explanation for why a growing number of Toronto's homeless service users are people of Aboriginal origin. I work closely with homeless Aboriginal people who struggle daily for survival. Consistently, they report a personal and/or family history of traumat...
Aboriginal Homelessness
Author(s): Peter Menzies
Publication Date: 2010
Peter Menzies, Clinical Head, Aboriginal Services, Centre for Additiction and Mental Health (CAMH) discusses the situation faced by Aboriginal people who are homeless in Canada. This video was presented on October 28th, 2010 at the "Rethinking Homelessness. Theoretical and Methodological Challenges" conference, UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Aboriginal Homelessness Intergenerational Trauma
Author(s): Peter Menzies
Publication Date: 2009
The Aboriginal population is growing much faster than the total population, and is much younger than the total Canadian population.
6.2 Homeless Aboriginal Men the Effects of Intergenerational Trauma
Author(s): Peter Menzies
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2009
Aboriginal people are over-represented among the homeless in urban centres across Canada. Increasing evidence from mental health studies conducted in Aboriginal communities suggests that trauma is a critical contribute to an array of personal, family and community behaviours. Specifically, the transmission of trauma from one generation to the next has left some individuals without the necessary skills to deal with trauma. This chapter summarizes...