Pages 243-245 in N. Murphy and A. Parkinson, eds. Circumpolar Health 2012: Circumpolar Health Comes Full Circle. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, August 5-10, 2012. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2013;72 (Suppl 1):243-245
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Samaritan Counseling Center, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Psychiatry Section, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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Pages 243-245 in N. Murphy and A. Parkinson, eds. Circumpolar Health 2012: Circumpolar Health Comes Full Circle. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, August 5-10, 2012. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2013;72 (Suppl 1):243-245
Many Alaska Native women suffering with substance abuse, mental health issues or both have also experienced psychological trauma. Although the past 30 years has seen significant growth in our understanding of how trauma can affect many aspects of a woman's life, treatment for Alaska Native women has sometimes been slow to reflect these developments. When treatment strategies focus on just a few elements of a woman's distress, treatment may be unnecessarily prolonged or fail
completely.