Urban Aboriginal Population

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This paper discusses the prevalence of major depression and mentions bipolar disorder in Toronto Aboriginal population. The writer looks at problems of diagnosis and notes the frequent error of mistaking depression due to addiction for depression due to other causes.

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"Probably no community has had as much assumed about it, over time, as Canada's diverse Aboriginal population. This paper examines what nurses need to know about Major Depression in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Native community, noting several facets that are helpful when meeting members of a GTA Native population that may be as high as 90,000 and in which mood disorders are fairly common, in keeping with other Aboriginal concentrations. A generally important theme is one of being careful not to assume when approaching Aboriginal patients, and with regard to depression, never presuming one knows its origin."

More papers on Urban Aboriginal Population:

• Essay # 40318 : "Toronto's Native Population: Dispersion Equals Invisibility"
• Research Paper # 87066 : "Aboriginal Housing Issues and Homelessness"
• Research Paper # 39499 : "Dispersion Equals Invisibility"

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