Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 20-29 , January 2009

What Traditional Indigenous Elders Say About Cross-cultural Mental Health Training

  • Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Department of Psychology, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author. Address: P.O. Box 9309, S Burlington, VT 05407

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PII: S1550-8307(08)00323-6

doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2008.10.003

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 20-29 , January 2009