Ak Ardent Lab

Indigenous Recovery Planning

Wa’anija We refuse to give up

A randomized control trial of a culturally adapted version of relapse prevention for substance use disorders (Indigenous Recovery Planning), funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse, is currently underway. This part of a larger, ongoing community-based participatory research project led by Monica Skewes (PI) at Montana State University and Tribal community partners. Below is just some of this published research stemming from the larger project.

Gonzalez, V. M., & Skewes, M. C. (2021). Belief in the myth of an American Indian/Alaska Native biological vulnerability to alcohol problems among reservation-dwelling participants with a substance use problem. Alcoholism: Experimental & Clinical Research, 45(11), 2309-2321.

Skewes, M. C., Gonzalez, V. M., Gameon, J. A.*, FireMoon, P., Salois, E. M., Rasmus, S. M., Lewis, J. P., Gardner, S. A., Ricker, A., & Reum, M. (2020). Health disparities research with American Indian communities: The importance of trust and transparency. American Journal of Community Psychology, 66(3-4), 302-313.

Skewes, M.C., Gonzalez, V. M., Gameon, J. A. *, Ricker, A., Martell, S., Reum, M., & Holder, S. (2024). Development and feasibility of Indigenous Recovery Planning: A community-engaged approach to address substance use in a Native community. Clinical Psychological Science, 12(3), 253-269.

Gonzalez, V. M., & Skewes, M. C. (2023). Association of racism and previous substance use treatment with belief in the myth of an American Indian/Alaska Native biological vulnerability to alcohol problems. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 29(3), 339–347.