Harvey E B
Gallup Indian Medical Center, New Mexico, USA.
Arctic Med Res. 1995;54 Suppl 1:101-6.
Programs designed to promote mental health of the children of the Navajo Indian Tribe bear priority status. 1. Among these programs are the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, a psychological and physical assessment of the neonate. It is designed to enhance bonding as well as identify and treat neonates affected by intrauterine alcohol or other drug use of the mother during pregnancy. 2. Description of a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome project enabling over 90% of those enrolled to refrain from using alcohol during their pregnancies. Many alcohol counsellors are employed for the entire Reservation. 3. Outreach to day and boarding school aids in many ways, including suicide prevention. 4. Use of knowledge and respect for patients' culture as vital to the treatment process. 5. "Back to Native values" program, involving using not only families but clans in the treatment of problems of children, including sexual or physical abuse and violence. This provides another treatment dimension, while enhancing the self-esteem of the Native people. 6. The social work, substance abuse and mental health programs have been combined into one department named "Place of Healing", a Navajo term.
旨在促进纳瓦霍印第安部落儿童心理健康的项目具有优先地位。1. 这些项目包括布雷泽尔顿新生儿行为评估量表，这是对新生儿进行的心理和身体评估。它旨在加强母婴联结，以及识别和治疗受孕期母亲宫内酒精或其他药物使用影响的新生儿。2. 一项胎儿酒精综合征项目的介绍，该项目使超过90%的登记参与者在孕期戒酒。整个保留地雇佣了许多酒精顾问。3. 对日间学校和寄宿学校的外联工作在很多方面提供帮助，包括预防自杀。4. 将对患者文化的了解和尊重视为治疗过程的关键。5. “回归本土价值观”项目，不仅让家庭参与，还让氏族参与处理儿童问题，包括性虐待、身体虐待和暴力问题。这提供了另一种治疗维度，同时增强了原住民的自尊心。6. 社会工作、药物滥用和心理健康项目已合并为一个名为“治愈之地”的部门，这是一个纳瓦霍语词汇。
