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Executive summary --Project background --Research objectives --Canadian literature and research on the residential school system --Physical abuse --Sexual abuse --Spiritual abuse --Psychological abuse --The effects of the residential school system --Mental health problems and Aboriginal people --Post-traumatic stress disorder --Residential school syndrome --Research methodology--Interpreting the data --Data analysis --General demographics --Family alcohol patterns --Family deaths --Family interactions--Subject's marital, intimate, and family relationships --Residential school entry, family contact, and exit profile--Discipline at residential schools --Physical, sexual and emotional abuse against subjects --Physical, sexual and emotional abuse by subjects--Drugs and alcohol use/abuse --Offending - criminal history --Sexual problems and deviations --Physical health profiles --Mental health profiles --Conclusions.