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Penina Uliuli

Contemporary Challenges in Mental Health for Pacific Peoples
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2007

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This diverse collection of essays examines important issues related to mental health among Pacific Islanders through the topics of identity, spirituality, the unconscious, mental trauma, and healing.

Contributors: Emeline Afeaki-Mafile‘o, Margaret Nelson Agee, Siautu Alefaio, A. Aukahi Austin, Tina Berking, Philip Culbertson, Caroline Salumalo Fatialofa, Yvette Guttenbeil-Po‘uhila, Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, David Lui, Karen Lupe, Maika Lutui, Cabrini ‘Ofa Makasiale, Tavita T. Maliko, Peta Pila Palalagi, Suiamai Simi, Seilosa Skipps-Patterson, Karanina Siaosi Sumeo, To‘oa Jemaima Tiatia, Sione Tu‘itahi, Fia T. Turner-Tupou.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Editors’ Note

    vii
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    Introduction On Building a Fale

    ix
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    Pacific Identities

    1
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    1. Supporting the Wellbeing of Pasifika Youth

    5
    Siautu Alefaio
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    2. Affirming Works A Collective Model of Pasifika Mentoring

    16
    Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o
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    3. Canoe Noses and Coconut Feet Reading the Samoan Male Body

    26
    Tavita T. Maliko
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    4. Jonah, Arnold, and Me Reading the Tongan Male Body

    39
    Maika Lutui
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    5. Being ‘Afakasi

    49
    Tina Berking, Caroline Salumalo Fatialofa, Karen Lupe, Seilosa Skipps-Patterson and Margaret Agee
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  • Issues in Pacific Spirituality
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    6. Spiritual Injury A Samoan Perspective on Spirituality’s Impact on Mental Health

    66
    David Lui
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    7. Making Culture “God” Is Driving Our People Crazy!

    77
    Philip Culbertson
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    8. The Schizophrenic Church

    87
    A Survivor
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    9. New Zealand–born Samoan Young People, Suicidal Behaviors, and the Positive Impact of Spirituality

    94
    To‘oa Jemaima Tiatia
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  • The Pacific Unconscious
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    10. The Use of Symbol and Metaphor in Pasifika Counseling

    109
    Cabrini ‘Ofa Makasiale
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    11. An Ocean with Many Shores Indigenous Consciousness and the Thinking Heart

    122
    Karen Lupe
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    12. Hawaiki-Lelei Journeys to Wellness

    136
    Seilosa Skipps-Patterson
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    13. Using Mea-alofa in a Holistic Model for Pasifika Clients A Case Study

    149
    Fia T. Turner-Tupou
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    14. “Keep Your Doughnuts to Yourself” Using Poetry in Pasifika Professional Practice

    160
    Peta Pila Palalagi
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    Pacific Trauma and Healing

    177
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    15. Colonialism, Acculturation, and Depression among Kānaka Maoli of Hawai‘i

    180
    Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula
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    16. Crisis in Paradise Family Violence in Samoan Communities

    196
    Karanina Siaosi Sumeo
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    17. Doing Good Work and Finding a Sense of Purpose The Nature and Treatment of Substance Abuse among Native Hawaiians

    207
    A. Aukahi Austin
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    18. Pregnancy, Adoption, FASD, and Mental Illness

    221
    Suiamai Simi
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    19. Misplaced Dreams Tongan Gambling in Auckland

    232
    Yvette Guttenbeil-Po’uhila and Sione Tu’itahi
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    A Bibliography of Pasifika Mental Health Resources

    247
    To‘oa Jemaima Tiatia, Margaret Agee and Philip Culbertson
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    Index

    277
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