The path traveled between public health, rural endemics and indigenous populations was long and showed total political invisibility in the early decades of the republic, causing changes in indigenous health, ranging from the creation of the SPI - Indian Protection Service to the development of the DSEI - Special Indigenous Health District. In this context, there are alarming and growing health problems, such as suicide and harmful alcohol use. Therefore, the following question is proposed: What theoretical-technical instruments can a psychology professional use to meet demands related to the psychological phenomenon, considering such striking ethnic and cultural differences? In this study, Ryad Simon's Adaptation Theory (1989) is presented as a theoretical-technical framework for a modern and efficient psychology in mental health, capable of overcoming the boundaries of traditional clinical psychology, as it seeks to fill gaps in ways of understanding this phenomenon, as well as in the form of intervention in the health and disease processes. Based on this theory, the present study aimed to assess the adaptive effectiveness of an indigenous university student of the Akwē-Xerente ethnicity, following the procedure of application and analysis of the instrument EDAO - R (Operationalized Adaptive Diagnostic Scale, Redefined). The results indicated that the participant presented Effective Adaptation. It is concluded that this instrument was shown to be promising to assist in the research on the mental health of this population.
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