African Americans and mental health : practical and strategic solutions to barriers, needs, and challenges / Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson, editor.
Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo, editor.
2021
RC451.5.B53 A47 2021eb
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Title
African Americans and mental health : practical and strategic solutions to barriers, needs, and challenges / Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson, editor.
ISBN
9783030771317 (electronic book)
3030771318 (electronic book)
9783030771300
303077130X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77131-7
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxv, 145 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-77131-7 doi
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RC451.5.B53 A47 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.208996/073
Summary
This book enumerates the unique challenges, barriers, needs, and trauma of being an African American in the United States, and at the same time highlights what needs to be done to improve and foster the mental health healing of this population. This includes practical applications and strategic solutions that work, such as the family togetherness and ardent spiritual beliefs that form the basis for resilient and vibrant mental health among African Americans. This contributed volume features the authorship of counseling professionals, most of whom are African American themselves. Because of their own personal experiences, they are able to emphasize cogent helping strategies for this population, to show how to move forward with encouragement. The book also highlights ways to promote life that is mentally healthy and holistic for African Americans. Topics covered within the chapters include: Mental Health Challenges Unique to African American Children and Adolescents Diagnosis Issues with African Americans Culture of Family Togetherness, Emotional Resilience, and Spiritual Lifestyles Inherent in African Americans from the Time of Slavery Until Now The Trauma of Being an African American in the 21st Century Training, Recruiting, and Retaining African American Mental Health Professionals African Americans and Mental Health: Practical and Strategic Solutions to Barriers, Needs, and Challenges is an essential resource for helping professionals who work with this population, including psychiatrists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals. The book also should be of interest to researchers, instructors, and students in Counseling, Social Work, and Psychology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo, editor.
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African Americans and mental health.
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African American mental health : challenges and opportunities / Brittany L. Dennis
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Diagnosis issues with African Americans / Jacqueline R. Smith
Culture of family togetherness, emotional resilience, and spiritual lifestyles inherent in African Americans from the time of slavery until now / Fawn T. Robinson and Quiana Golphin
The trauma of being an African American in the twenty-first century / Keith Dempsey
Training, recruiting, and retaining African American mental health professionals / Jude T. Austin II and Julius A. Austin
The mental health needs of some unique groups among African American populations / Julius A. Austin and Jude T. Austin II
Roads for African Americans to live enhanced and improved mentally healthy lives / Ariel Encalade Mitchell
Solutions-oriented intervention models for African American mental health / Denise Gilstrap
Practical strategic improvements for African American mental health / Nivischi N. Edwards, Shauna Thompson, and Lynn Bohecker
Treatment strategies and healing related to African American mental health / Victoria D. Austin
Epilogue : where do we go from here?

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