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David Allen Patterson, Silver Wolf (Adelv unegv Waya) is a professor, researcher, author, and Native American advocate. He is the first American Indian professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.〔http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25329.aspx〕 He is known for his research and active involvement in Native American health,〔http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2012/08/13593.html〕 retention of Native American college students, treatment retention for alcohol and drug addiction, and finding solutions to barriers to best practices adoption in community-based organizations. David Patterson writes a blog on Native American wellness〔http://nacwr.blogspot.com/〕 and continues to publish academic work on the subjects of education, mental health and addiction.〔http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332985.2011.575720#.UZA44LVQFps〕〔http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332985.2011.575720#.UZA8QbVQFps〕〔http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J020v24n03_03#.UZA9mLVQFps〕 == Biography == David Allen Patterson was born in Kentucky to Betty (née Allen) and Coleman Sidwell Patterson, the youngest of their three sons. He is of Cherokee and Irish heritage. After dropping out of high school in 1982, David struggled with alcoholism, drug addiction, depression and a suicide attempt at age 18. He entered a psychiatric hospital in 1989, where he stayed for five weeks. David earned his GED and began working as a garbage man for Waste Management in his mid-twenties. In 1990, he considered taking college classes and sought assistance through Vocational Rehabilitation in Kentucky. He was evaluated as having dyslexia, ADHD and learning disabilities, labeled mildly mentally retarded and was told he was not “college material.” Ironically, this became the starting point of a new life for Patterson, one devoted to education, addiction treatment and rehabilitation, and advocacy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Allen Patterson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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