Depression And African Americans
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African Americans And Depression
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Author : Julia F. Hastings
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-06-04
African Americans And Depression written by Julia F. Hastings and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Psychology categories.
Depression does not discriminate, and yet the ways in which people and communities view and react to depression differ. The unique experiences of African Americans are often taken into account when examining other topics of interest, but mental health in general is often overlooked. African Americans and Depression helps to uncover the realities of depression among African Americans, and the various ways in which sufferers and their families address, or don’t address, it. The authors provide guidance for understanding the illness, suggestions on how to heal and recover holistically, and pathways for getting help. With a primary focus on the psychological and medical needs of African Americans, the authors explore and offer an overview of clinical depression among African Americans, discuss the signs of and cultural myths surrounding clinical depression, outline the mental health help-seeking process for African Americans, and suggest potential barriers and strategies for healing. Further, they discuss community-based interventions and innovations in service programs. Lastly, the authors offer insight on mental health and health policy in the United States care systems. Including firsthand accounts from sufferers and families, this work will aid readers to better understand depression and how and where to find help.
Mental Health Care In The African American Community
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Author : Sadye Logan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Mental Health Care In The African American Community written by Sadye Logan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Psychology categories.
Over the course of an African American’s lifetime, mental health care needs change according to an individual’s unique interactions with his or her environment. Mental Health Care in the African-American Community uses this perspective to provide a deeper analysis of factors and issues affecting the mental health of African Americans. This comprehensive text provides a current and historical analysis of the impact of mental health research, policy, community, and clinical practice from a life course perspective. Stressing evidence-based practice as an expanded way to think and talk about individualizing and translating evidence into a given practice situation, this valuable book provides a social work context for all helping professions. Mental Health Care in the African-American Community provides the helping community with non-traditional, expanded ways of thinking and intervening in the mental health needs and care of African Americans. Organized logically, this complex subject presents data in a user-friendly way that engages the reader, and provides chapter summaries and suggested group/classroom activities to facilitate understanding. This text is extensively referenced and includes figures and tables to clearly illustrate data. Topics in Mental Health Care in the African-American Community include: a historical overview of African Americans’ mental health care a conceptual and theoretical framework for African Americans’ mental health current issues affecting mental health intervention for African Americans mental health in group homes and foster care depression substance abuse poverty ADHD suicide mental health in elderly African Americans mental health policy rural African American mental health needs kinship care multiethnic families and children much, much more! Mental Health Care in the African-American Community is a valuable textbook for practitioners; administrators; researchers; policymakers; educators; and students in social work, psychology, mental health services, case management, and community planning.
The Relationship Between Racial Identity And Depression In African American Women
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Author : Shawndell K. Clay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Relationship Between Racial Identity And Depression In African American Women written by Shawndell K. Clay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with African American women categories.
Racial identity is a complex construct that generally refers to how one defines his or her race, and how strongly one feels he or she belongs to it. Having an identity that is stigmatized yet highly salient to a person can be problematic in that people of color may be at risk of psychological distress due to experiences of racism, unequal treatment, and anxiety about future experiences of discrimination. Nonetheless, positive feelings of ethnic affirmation and belonging, appreciation for one’s ethnic identity, and increased ethnic behaviors have been identified as factors contributing to resilience and coping in African Americans. Research alludes to a strong, positive racial identity having a protective effect on the risk for developing depression; however, the nature and prevalence of depression in Black college-educated women has largely been understudied in the U.S., particularly in regard to women who have completed college or are of middle and high SES. The present study sought to explore the nature of depression and prevalence of depressive symptoms as it relates to Black women in conjunction with racial identity and education level using a sample of 167 African American women. Specifically, it was hypothesized that 1) education would negatively correlate with depression, 2) positive racial identity would negatively correlate with depression, and 3) the combination of a strong, positive racial identity and African American social network would more accurately predict lower depression better than positive racial identity alone. While Hypotheses 1 and 3 were not supported, Hypothesis 2 found support in a strong negative correlation between depression and racial regard, one of the three dimensions of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity. Results indicate that women who hold positive views toward themselves as Black people and perceive others as doing the same are at lower risk for developing depression. This connection indicates the importance of racial socialization and how fostering cultural pride can influence positive mental health outcomes in people of color.
To Ask For An Equal Chance
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Author : Cheryl Lynn Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2009-08-16
To Ask For An Equal Chance written by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-16 with History categories.
The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, first fired," black workers lost their jobs at twice the rate of whites, and faced greater obstacles in their search for economic security. Black workers, who were generally urban newcomers, impoverished and lacking industrial skills, were already at a disadvantage. These difficulties were intensified by an overt, and in the South legally entrenched, system of racial segregation and discrimination. New federal programs offered hope as they redefined government's responsibility for its citizens, but local implementation often proved racially discriminatory. As Cheryl Lynn Greenberg makes clear, African Americans were not passive victims of economic catastrophe or white racism; they responded to such challenges in a variety of political, social, and communal ways. The book explores both the external realities facing African Americans and individual and communal responses to them. While experiences varied depending on many factors including class, location, gender and community size, there are also unifying and overarching realities that applied universally. To Ask for an Equal Chance straddles the particular, with examinations of specific communities and experiences, and the general, with explorations of the broader effects of racism, discrimination, family, class, and political organizing.
Depression And African American Women
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Author : Bernice Roberts Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-11-17
Depression And African American Women written by Bernice Roberts Kennedy and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-17 with Health & Fitness categories.
Say It Loud I M Black And I M Depressed
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Author : Don Barbera
language : en
Publisher: Donald Barbera
Release Date : 2009-02-06
Say It Loud I M Black And I M Depressed written by Don Barbera and has been published by Donald Barbera this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-06 with categories.
Depression is a filthy word in the black community because what most African-Americans know about mental disorders is misinformation or wrong. Twenty million Americans suffer depression; including almost 2 million African-American men. It is one of the greatest problems of our time and the second leading cause of disability among developed nations worldwide, including the United States where it costs $51 billion yearly in absenteeism and lost productivity alone. Some researchers believe depression may be the most disabling disease in the world.Say It Loud, brings some perspective to a problem that will only grow larger unless something is done immediately.
Mental Health
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Mental Health written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with African Americans categories.
Seeking Relief From Depression
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Seeking Relief From Depression written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Though African Americans are less likely to be diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), when they are, it is more chronic, severe, and they are less likely to undergo treatment in comparison to Whites (Williams et al., 2007). Also, while there is growing research emphasizing the importance of religion in the lives of Blacks there remains little to be known about how to integrate religion and mental health treatment. Due to the nuances involved in being Christian and African American the medical and mental health providers are lacking an understanding of how best to work with this subgroup. The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experiences of Christian African American women who are depressed and inquire about their relief seeking efforts across their medical (mental health), religious and informal sources. In order to best meet the mental health needs of African American women with depression it is imperative to first understand the cultural nuances that make up the person in order to incorporate all aspects of their identity into treatment. Nine women were interviewed and the data was analyzed from a transcendental phenomenological perspective (Moustakas, 1994). The results of the study indicate those who felt comfortable sharing their spiritual beliefs with their medical providers were also more open to medical treatment and more likely to report satisfying treatment overall. The findings highlight important knowledge in providing culturally relevant care to the mental health needs of this subgroup.
The Role Of Faith Based Therapy In Treating Depression In African Americans
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Author : Jacquelyn Claude
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2019-04-25
The Role Of Faith Based Therapy In Treating Depression In African Americans written by Jacquelyn Claude and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-25 with Psychology categories.
Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Psychology - Consulting and Therapy, grade: A, Walden University (Public Health), language: English, abstract: The purpose of this critical literature review study is to review the existing research related to faith-based counseling and its specific use for treating depression symptoms among African American adults. Forty-seven peer-reviewed articles from the professional literature were selected for review based on relevance to African Americans and faith based organizations. Results of the review indicated the need to critically evaluate efficacy of faith-based programs based on scientifically determined outcomes. The implications for positive social change include increased access to affordable healthcare in a trusting environment, decreased prevalence rates for depression in African Americans, and reduction in disparities in mental healthcare delivery. Current research has indicated that there are disparities in mental healthcare treatment that are affecting African Americans. The literature has not strongly supported the use of spiritual leaders as counselors primarily because of a lack of certification in mental health counseling among clergy. However, the literature has shown that religious faith can have a positive effect on quality of life.
Standing In The Shadows
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Author : John Head
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Standing In The Shadows written by John Head and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Self-Help categories.
A first-of-its-kind exploration of black men and depression from an award-winning journalist. The first book to reveal the depths of black men’s buried mental and emotional pain, Standing in the Shadows weaves the author’s story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression with a cultural analysis of how the illness is perceived in the black community—and why nobody wants to talk about it. In mainstream society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men are suffering in silence or getting treatment only in the most extreme circumstances—in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, and prisons. The neglect of emotional disorders among men in the black community is nothing less than racial suicide. John Head’s explosive work, Standing in the Shadows, addresses what can be done to help those who need it most.In this groundbreaking book, veteran journalist and award-winning author John Head argues that the problem can be traced back to slavery, when it was believed that blacks were unable to feel inner pain because they had no psyche. This myth has damaged generations of African American men and their families and has created a society that blames black men for being violent and aggressive without considering that depression might be a root cause. The author also explores the roles of the black church, the black family, and the changing nature of black women in American culture as a way to understand how the black community may have unwittingly helped push the emotional disorders of African American men further underground. As daring and powerful as Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler, Standing in the Shadows challenges both the African American community and the psychiatric community to end the silent suffering of black men by taking responsibility for a problem that’s been ignored for far too long. Additionally, Standing in the Shadows gives women an understanding of depression that enables them to help black men mend their relationships, their families, and themselves.