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Question 

1. How the Wellness Concepts in the Video Connect with Indigenous Perspectives (Chapter 3)

The video lays out a holistic approach to wellness that really echoes what Chapter 3 is all about-it's not just about mental health, it's about keeping things balanced emotionally, spiritually, physically, and mentally.

Wellness is seen as an ongoing process, not a one-time fix. It encourages people to stay connected to culture, land, and community to maintain harmony.

Chapter 3 reinforces this by showing how Indigenous wellness is deeply tied to traditions, ceremony, and relationships with others and the land.

Both the video and the chapter emphasize that healing is collective, cultural, and rooted in identity, not just personal or clinical.

Land-based practices and traditional teachings aren't just helpful-they're essential for long-term wellness.

2. How the Wellness Concepts in the Video Differ from Psychiatry (Chapter 4)

There's a big contrast between the holistic/traditional approaches shown in the video and the modern psychiatric model discussed in Chapter 4.

The holistic model looks at the whole person-their emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical health-as one interconnected system.

Traditional psychiatry, on the other hand, is mostly about diagnosing disorders and treating symptoms with medical interventions like medication and clinical therapy.

It tends to view people through the lens of signs and symptoms, without considering their culture, history, or community connections.

Linklater points out that this kind of one-size-fits-all, Western approach just doesn't work for Indigenous communities, and that mental health systems need to be decolonized.

Both the chapter and the video push for systems that are based in Indigenous knowledge, strength, and resilience, instead of trying to fit everyone into a Western medical box.