PROJECT TITLE:
Flower of Two Soils Reinterview Study
FUNDING SOURCE:
NIMH and Indian Health Services
DATES OF FUNDING:
1990-1991
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S):
Spero Manson, Ph.D.
CENTER STAFF INVOLVED:
Spero Manson, Ph.D., Paul Dauphinais, Ph.D.; Jan Beals, Ph.D.
SPECIFIC AIMS/RESEARCH GOALS:
To assess the prevalence and comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses for a select sample of American Indian adolescents.
RESEARCH DESIGN:
109 American Indian adolescents were interviewed using a structured diagnostic interview to assess the prevalence of various psychiatric disorders. In addition, self-report measures were completed by the students, their parents, and their teachers.
PARTICIPANTS:
109 American Indian adolescent students from a Northern Plains reservation community. The students ranged in age from 13-18 years, with 50.5% of the sample being male.
MEASURES:
- Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC, version 2.1 C)
- Student Opinion of Self (SOS)
- Teacher Information Form (TIF)
- Child Observation by Parents/Guardians (CAP)
PUBLICATIONS:
Beals, J., Piasecki, J., Nelson, S., Jones, M., Keane, E., Dauphinais, P., Red Shirt, R., Sack, W., & Manson, S. M. (1997). Psychiatric Disorder among American Indian adolescents: Prevalence in Northern Plains Youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(9), 1252-1259
Beiser, M., & Manson, S. M. (1987). Prevention of emotional disorders in Native North American children. Journal of Preventive Psychiatry, 3(3), 225-240.
Beiser, M., Sack, W., Manson, S. M., Red Shirt, R., & Dion, R. (1998). Mental health and the academic performance of First Nations and minority culture children. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68(3), 455-67.
Dauphinais, P., Beals, J., Jones, M., Keane, E., Manson, S., Somervell, P., Piasecki, J., Redshirt, R. (1990). "Flower of Two Soils Reinterview Study: Final Report." NIMH Grant 2 R01 MH42473-06.
Jones, M. C., Dauphinais, P., Sack, W. H., & Somervell, P. D. (1997). Trauma-related symptomatology among American Indian adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10(2), 163-173.
Novins, D. K., Beals, J., Sack, W. H., & Manson, S. M. (2000). Use of mental health and substance use services among Northern Plains American Indian adolescents. Psychiatric Services, 51(8), 1045-1047.
Sack, W. H., Beiser, M., Phillips, N., Baker-Brown, G. & Red Shirt, R. (1993). Co-morbid symptoms of depression and conduct disorder in First Nations children: Some findings from the Flower of Two Soils Project. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 16, 471-486.