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Connecting with Culture Culture as Foundation Ethics and Boundaries in Community Work Knowledge Translation & Indigenous-Led Research Mental Wellness Workforce Development Professional Development Role of Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders Standards of Practice for Culturally Grounded Care Two-Eyed Seeing Approaches

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What Traditional Indigenous Elders Say About Cross-cultural Mental Health Training – Lewis Mehl-Madrona MD, PhD

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This paper explores what a diverse group of traditional healing Elders believe are the important attributes for mental health providers to embrace and what principles they should adopt to guide their training. How indigenous people understand the meaning of mental health is also examined. The research presented was conducted in preparation for developing a cross-cultural training program for human service providers that would include traditional elders as community mentors and adjunct faculty on equal status with academically trained faculty.

The goal is to identify and summarize the core values and principles needed to train mental health providers to work in harmony with traditional healers.