Wounded Spirits, Ailing Hearts Training Manual

This educational tool is a self-contained website created to help practitioners understand the unique needs present when dealing with a specific ethnocultural group, in this case, Native Americans. This Training Manual was created to accompany the Wounded Spirits Ailing Hearts videos for health care providers and clinicians, but can be used with or without the accompanying videos. Please use links on the right under Related Information to access the videos.

The list below provides an outline of the content of the Training Manual.
Videos and Manuals were produced: 10/2000

Table of Contents

I. Native Americans and Military Service Introduction

II. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• What Causes PTSD?
• Making the Diagnosis of PTSD
• Is PTSD Different for Native Veterans?
• Impact of PTSD on Social Readjustment, Quality of Life, Relationships, Mental Health, Alcohol Problems and Drug Abuse, and Physical Illness

III. Care: VA and Indian Health Service Health Care Services

• Barriers to VA/IHS Care
• PTSD and Mental Health Care
• VA PTSD Programs and Vet Centers<
• Traditional Healing<
• Roles of Health Care Providers
• The Primary Care Provider's Role
• Trauma Exposure/PTSD Screening
• The Psychiatrist's Role
  
• The Mental Health Provider's Role
• Toward Culturally Competent Care

IV. Cultural Formulation of a Clinical Case of PTSD - part 1

V. Cultural Formulation of a Clinical Case of PTSD - part 2

VI. Summary, References and Resources

• Selected Resources for American Indian/Alaska Natives, including IHS locations
• Selected References
• Dedication and Acknowledgements
• Faculty and Strategic Planning Committee
  
• Program Development Assistance