(2012) the residential School System disrupted family and community structures, and set in motion a cycle of trauma manifesting in numerous metal health issues with high reports of depression, abuse, suicide, family violence particularly targeted towards women and children, and other related behaviours among survivors. The residential school syndrome is a key cause of metal health issues among Aboriginal people and it is a form of post traumatic stress disorder experienced by survivors and descendants of the residential school system due to sexual and physical abuse as well as the emotional and psychological trauma of displacement and separation from the community, culture and family (Douglas, 2014, p.204). This associates with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) in Aboriginal people and has similar underlying risk factors and primarily occurs due to social isolation, family history of alcohol, reduced prenatal and postnatal care services access that influences prenatal exposure to drugs, smoking and alcohol (Douglas, 2014,
(2012) the residential School System disrupted family and community structures, and set in motion a cycle of trauma manifesting in numerous metal health issues with high reports of depression, abuse, suicide, family violence particularly targeted towards women and children, and other related behaviours among survivors. The residential school syndrome is a key cause of metal health issues among Aboriginal people and it is a form of post traumatic stress disorder experienced by survivors and descendants of the residential school system due to sexual and physical abuse as well as the emotional and psychological trauma of displacement and separation from the community, culture and family (Douglas, 2014, p.204). This associates with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) in Aboriginal people and has similar underlying risk factors and primarily occurs due to social isolation, family history of alcohol, reduced prenatal and postnatal care services access that influences prenatal exposure to drugs, smoking and alcohol (Douglas, 2014,