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Learn more about indigenous community members who alter mental health services to fit a broader swath of their community.

Lisa Heldke, Director of the Nobel Conference and Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus interviews Joseph P. Gone, Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University.

ScienceWhys is the podcast of the Nobel Conference. Listen to Dr. Gone’s lecture and participation in panel discussion at the 2022 Nobel Conference, Mental Health (In)Equity and Young People, at Gustavus Adolphus College September 28 & 29, 2022.

Joseph P. Gone investigates facets of mental health in Indigenous communities and explores the interplay between culture, the self, and social relations. He has collaborated with American Indian and other Indigenous communities to rethink community based mental health services and to harness traditional culture and spirituality for advancing indigenous well-being.

Joseph P. Gone’s website can be found here.

Gone begins his interview by talking about two ventures aimed at addressing mental health challenges for indigenous people. Find out a bit about each here:

• Blackfeet Culture Camp, an “alternative indigenous treatment for substance use disorders.”
• Detroit Urban Indian Program, which incorporates traditional indigenous healing practices into a clinical setting. 

The Harvard University Native American Program, which Gone directs.

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