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The Interface of Mad Studies and Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Innovation, Co-Creation, and Decolonization

Ania Dwornik · 2022 · Critical Social Work

Summary. Mad Studies and Indigenous ways of knowing offer complementary frameworks for understanding mental health outside Western biomedical models. By bringing these fields together through ethical dialogue, practitioners can develop holistic approaches to Indigenous mental health that resist colonial psychiatric frameworks. Social workers can advance decolonization by challenging dominant biomedical discourses within their institutions and professional practice.

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Dwornik, A.. (2022). The Interface of Mad Studies and Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Innovation, Co-Creation, and Decolonization. Critical Social Work. https://doi.org/10.22329/csw.v22i2.7097

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DOI
10.22329/csw.v22i2.7097
Countries
Canada
Regions
North America
Categories
indigenous-innovation, policy, general-innovation
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2026-09-01