Talking Therapies for Pasifika Peoples

Best and promising practice guide for mental health and addiction services

Published in June 2010.

Contents

Foreword

Executive summary

Acknowledgements

Introduction

• Background
• Purpose and target audience
• Pasifika peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand
• Common health issues for Pasifika peoples
• Mental health issues for Pasifika peoples
• Addiction issues for Pasifika peoples
• Cultural world views for Pasifika peoples
• Stigma for Pasifika peoples
• National evidence
• International evidence
• Pasifika models of health

Principles of engagement

• Pre-engagement
• Engagement - relational connections
• Involving families
• Medication
• Let's get real
• Traditional perspectives on mental health and healing

The therapies

• Talanoa
• Narrative approaches
• Motivational interviewing
• Solution-focussed brief therapy
• Cognitive behaviour therapy
• Dialectic behaviour therapy
• Family therapy
• Other therapeutic techniques
• Less widely available evidence-based therapies
• Conclusion

Resources

References

Page last updated: 9 August 2010