For April's BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month:
We met with Dr. Joseph Gone to discuss his work on Indigenous Psychology.
Dr. Joseph P. Gone is an international expert in the psychology and mental health of American Indians and other Indigenous peoples. A professor at Harvard University, Dr. Gone has collaborated with tribal communities for over 25 years to critique conventional mental health services and harness traditional culture and spirituality to advance Indigenous well-being. He has published over 100 scientific articles and chapters and received recognition in his fields through several fellowships and career awards, including a year-long residency at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. A graduate of Harvard College and the University of Illinois, Dr. Gone also trained at Dartmouth College and McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He is currently a Fellow of the Association for PsychologicalScience, and of seven American Psychological Association (APA) divisions. An enrolled member of the Aaniiih-Gros Ventre Tribal Nation of Montana, he also served briefly as the Chief Administrative. Officer for the Fort Belknap Indian reservation. In 2014, Dr. Gone was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2021 he received the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
https://gonetowar.com/topic/publications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gone
https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/psychologists/joseph-gone