Understanding Indigenous Perspectives

<p><em>Understanding Indigenous Perspectives: Visions Dreams and Hallucinations</em> helps future and practicing mental health professionals build the vital cultural competencies needed to differentiate between cultural practice and the presence of psychopathology in practice. The book discusses and explores the differences among visions dreams and hallucinations from an American Indian Alaska Native and Native Hawai'ian perspective.Each chapter first presents information within the context of culture and then transitions to present information within the context of diagnoses and neurobiology. Throughout cultural practices are discussed as normative increasing readers' understanding of diverse populations and their rich heritages. Dedicated chapters explore American Indian psychology worldviews and spirituality; ethical and cultural considerations; the inclusion of cultural context within the DSM-5; the neurobiology of hallucinations; and competent discernment. The book includes valuable case studies that breathe life and humanity into a clinically challenging topic.<em>Understanding Indigenous Perspectives</em> is part of the Cognella Series on Advances in Culture Race and Ethnicity. The series co-sponsored by Division 45 of the American Psychological Association addresses critical and emerging issues within culture race and ethnic studies as well as specific topics among key multicultural groups.</p><p><strong>Gayle Skawen:nio Morse</strong> is a licensed psychologist professor and the program director of the Counseling and Community Psychology Master's Program at The Sage Colleges. She is a member of the Ethics Code Task Force and an American Psychological Association Fellow.</p><p><strong>Vicky Tsinnijinnie Lomay</strong> is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Mesa Arizona. She is a member of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA).</p>