The Lives of Urban Aboriginals in Montreal - Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Access to Care
This study identified a population of Montreal Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women seeking shelter and mental health services in Montreal. In the course of the study a number of inter-related issues were explored including substance dependence, physical/sexual abuse, family functioning, and mental health in relation to need for treatment, access to services, utilization of and satisfaction with services and outcome. The barriers to treatment access for recent migrants to the inner-city, the difficulties inherent in the urbanization process (including socioeconomic factors as well as cultural adaptation), as well as the specific cultural factors which confer risk and protection for substance abuse and other mental health problems were examined. Some results from this study have been published in the following papers:
- Report: The Physical, Mental and Emotional Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Montreal, 2001.
- Substance Abuse in an urban Aboriginal population: Social, legal and psychological consequences. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2002
- Substance abuse among urban Aboriginals: Association with a history of physical/sexual abuse. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2002
- Full Report: The Lives of Urban Women: A Survey of Help-Seeking Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women in Montreal, 2007.