Special Issue "Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 27544
Special Issue Editors
2. The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1Z7K4, Canada
Interests: indigenous youth; resilience; mental health; community-based participatory research; racism
Interests: indigenous peoples' health; mental health; depression; anxiety; stress; intergenerational transmission; resilience
2. The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1Z7K4, Canada
Interests: depression; intergenerational trauma; inflammation; neuroendocrine; resilience; stress
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Globally, Indigenous peoples are vulnerable to mental health challenges associated with historical and ongoing effects of colonization. Explicit efforts have been made to displace Indigenous Peoples from their lands, resources, and identities. As resources are depleted, but global demand remains insatiable, even the most remote areas of the planet where Indigenous peoples have lived in balance with their environments for millennia are being infringed upon for the purposes of resource extraction and commodification. In more accessible resource-rich territories, Indigenous Peoples are displaced, marginalized, or constricted while their lands are developed or urbanized. Compounding these threats are the pernicious impacts of climate change, along with multiple determinants of health, including ongoing racism and inequities, yet connection to the land, sense of place, and environmental sustainability are embedded in Indigenous knowledge systems and practices and are core to spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental wellness. The papers in this issue explore the associations between connection to the land and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples globally, ranging from food sovereignty to disruptions in place-based relationships and identities created by child welfare policies. Of particular importance are strategies for revitalizing strengths derived from connections to land and place in order to promote healing, reconciliation, and wellbeing.
Dr. Kim Matheson
Dr. Amy Bombay
Dr. Robyn McQuaid
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- connection to land
- climate change
- well-being
- Indigenous peoples
- cultural identity
- food sovereignty
- displacement
- social determinants
- environmental determinants