Download or read book Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health written by Arlene Rubin Stiffman and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of social and environmental conditions on mental health, and the need to understand ethnic values and attitudes when developing helping strategies are the major themes of this volume, which is aimed at raising awareness of the effects of ethnicity on adolescent mental health.
Download or read book Mental Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mental Health Services for Minority Ethnic Children and Adolescents written by Mhemooda Malek and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors consider how ethnicity is defined, and how the field of mental health has developed in the West according to Western concepts of health and well-being, and show how an understanding of the key practice issues and policy and academic debates can enable professionals to develop and fine-tune their cultural competence.
Download or read book Ethical Issues in Mental Health Research With Children and Adolescents written by Kimberly Hoagwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies involving children with mental, emotional, or behavioral problems--or their families--have to meet certain standards of research ethics. This book contains chapters on the kinds of ethical dilemmas that typically occur in different types of studies of children, and then presents 65 real-world cases from experts who study children's mental health. These experts offer practical suggestions for how to handle these dilemmas. Chapters on the perspectives of parents, regulators, and bioethicists provide additional points of view on these issues. Written in down-to-earth language, this book will be useful for professionals who study children, for those who train students in research methods, and for parents who are thinking about participating in research studies. In attempting to bridge the apparent gap between ethics and science, the editors close this volume on a note commonly sounded by researchers: more research is needed. Yet in this area, a new kind of research is required. The science of scientific ethics must be developed and expanded, and better understanding of the determinants and circumstances under which children can comprehend and evaluate risks and benefits is needed. Likewise, fuller knowledge of the contextual factors affecting children's and families' consent to participate in research is essential. In particular, development of scales to assess children's ability to comprehend risk-benefit issues, studies of families' reactions to research procedures, and empirical data on the impact of various forms of participant reimbursement will advance both science and ethics. This volume should spur further research, serving as a guide for current investigators, participating families, institutional review boards, and policymakers who shape the research enterprise.
Download or read book Cultural Sensitivity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health written by Ranna Parekh and published by Mgh Psychiatry Academy. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and ethnicity. Genes. Community. Religion. Gender. Sexuality. Just a few of the factors that contribute to the mental health and wellness of children and adolescents. Yet the impacts of these important traits vary widely by culture. The insights in this book help you understand the many cultural influences on mental health and wellness in young people. Given America's increasing diversity, the knowledge in these chapters translates into cutting-edge clinical practice, teaching and research.
Download or read book The Impact of Race ethnicity Neighborhood and Parental Influences on Youth Mental Health Status and Service Use written by Sarah Jane Chavez and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neighborhood context and parental influences are two major factors that are known to impact the mental health development of adolescents. Both factors have been extensively studied in either contributing or preventing youth from developing internalizing or externalizing mental health problems, such as depression and antisocial behavior (ASB). Specifically, researchers have investigated how perceived neighborhood safety, family cohesion, parental-engagement, and parent-child communication either serves as a protective factor or a risk factor for mental health problems within adolescents. This is consistent with Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory (1977) that highlights the influence of numerous systems in adolescent mental health development, where appropriate levels of parental influences and a safe neighborhood will lead to positive mental health development. Neighborhood context and parental influences falls under the microsystem, which has a direct impact on adolescent mental health development due to these contexts being the 'immediate' social setting in which the adolescent is involved in (Lomas. 2015). Researchers have also documented that when youth develop mental health problems, racial/ethnic disparities exist in whether youth access mental health services to address those problems. Specifically, Latinx and African American youth demonstrate higher levels of unmet mental health need relative to their White counterparts, and these disparities often depend on the type of mental health problems (internalizing vs. externalizing) exhibited in youth. The current study examined the extent to which perceived neighborhood safety and parental influences were associated with mental health status and whether this led to receipt of mental health services and how that differed by problem type and ethnicity. The study goals were achieved using multigroup structural equation modeling in MPLUS, version 8.0 (Muthén & Muthén, 2017). Results revealed that the path between perceived neighborhood safety and externalizing ASB was significant. However, the path between perceived neighborhood safety and internalizing depressive symptoms was non-significant. The paths between parental influence and internalizing depressive symptoms as well as and externalizing ASB behaviors were also significant. Lastly, the path between internalizing depressive symptoms and mental health service use was significant but did not vary by race/ethnicity strongly based on beta coefficients. Results did illustrate that African American youth were likely to receive services when exhibiting depressive symptoms in comparison to Latinx and White youths. The current study has multiple policy implications; the study suggests that there should be interventions specifically targeted at improving neighborhood contexts and parenting characteristics as they can serve as protective factors against mental health status (Kruger et al., 2007; Yu et al., 2006). Additionally, research shows that there are racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use; however based on the current study findings, there should also be an increased awareness of how these disparities vary by problem type (Martinez, Gudiño, & Lau, 2013).
Download or read book Cultural Psychiatry With Children Adolescents and Families written by Ranna Parekh, M.D., M.P.H. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapidly changing demographics in the United States over the past few years have resulted in a "majority of minority" youth. This has far-reaching implications for mental health clinicians, for whom knowledge of cultural context is critically important to understanding their patients and rendering effective, compassionate treatment. In addition to addressing cultural context, the book addresses the emerging crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and the significance of the movement for social justice.
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-10-16 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Download or read book Mental Health Status and Professional Help seeking Behavior Among Ethnic Minority Adolescents written by Lori Anne Barker and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mind Race written by Patrick E. Jamieson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of a person with bipolar disorder can be tumultuous. Imagine living in a world divided into many parts: one is fast-paced, frantic, energetic--you are at the top of your game and feeling invincible; another is so bleak and dark that even the simple task of going to the store requires Herculean effort. Now imagine a third: going about your daily routing when another manifestation, the mixed state, combines these symptoms simultaneously. This is just a glimpse into the world of a person with bipolar disorder Many people diagnosed with this disorder are adolescents: young people who often feel isolated, unsure of who to talk to, or where to turn for help or answers. Having been diagnosed with the disorder at age fifteen, Patrick Jamieson knows firsthand the highs and lows and bring his experiences to bear in Mind Race: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Bipolar Disorder, the first in the Annenberg Mental Health Initiative series written specifically for teenagers and young adults. Mind Race is a first-person account, aimed at teens who have recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, informative in a compassionate, good-humored, yet authoritative manner. Jamieson discusses his own challenges and triumphs, and offers advice on dealing with developing symptoms such as how to recognize the beginning of a mood shift. In accessible language, he presents the latest in scientific research on the disorder, treatment options, and how to cope with side effects of different medications. He includes a detailed F.A.Q. that answers the questions a newly diagnosed adolescent is likely to have, and also offers suggestions on how to communicate with friends and family about the bipolar experience. With Mind Race, Jamieson offers hope to teens and young adults living with bipolar disorder, helping them to navigate and overcome their challenges so they can lead a full and rewarding life.
Download or read book Minority Mental Health written by Enrico E. Jones and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Immigration Cultural Identity and Mental Health written by Eugenio M. Rothe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will the ethnic, racial and cultural face of the United States look like in the upcoming decades, and how will the American population adapt to these changes? Immigration, Cultural Identity, and Mental Health: Psycho-social Implications of the Reshaping of America outlines the various psychosocial impacts of immigration on cultural identity and its impact on mainstream culture. Thoroughly researched, this book examines how cultural identity relates to individual mental health and should be taken into account in mental health treatment. In a time when globalization is decreasing the importance of national boundaries and impacting cultural identity for both minority and mainstream populations, the authors explore the multiple facets of what immigration means for culture and mental health. The authors review the concept of acculturation and examine not only how the immigrant's identity transforms through this process, but also how the immigrant transforms the host culture through inter-culturation. The authors detail the risk factors and protective factors that affect the first generation and subsequent generations of immigrants in their adaptation to American society, and also seek to dispel myths and clarify statistics of criminality among immigrant populations. Further, the book aims to elucidate the importance of ethnicity and race in the psycho-therapeutic encounter and offers treatment recommendations on how to approach and discuss issues of ethnicity and race in psychotherapy. It also presents evidence-based psychological treatment interventions for immigrants and members of minority populations and shows how psychotherapy involves the creation of new, more adaptive narratives that can provide healing, personal growth, and relevance to the immigrant experience. Throughout, the authors provide clinical case examples to illustrate the concepts presented.
Download or read book Promoting Health Equity Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Adolescents written by Lisa Barkley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial and ethnic minority youth have less access to health care and experience health disparities that are linked to social determinants that impact their health and well-being. This book is a practical reference for clinicians caring for racially and ethnically diverse adolescents seeking to effectively identify and address the social structures and factors that influence their health and well-being to promote health equity. It provides an overview of key health equity, population health and cultural competency principles and highlights clinical, teaching, and research skills critical to promoting health equity. Clinically oriented chapters provide guidance on strength-based approaches and strategies that clinicians can integrate in their encounters with diverse youth and feature clinical vignettes, clinical pearls and reflection questions to promote the application of concepts to practice. Promoting Health Equity Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Adolescents is a valuable resource for clinicians across all areas of medicine.
Download or read book Adolescent Diversity in Ethnic Economic and Cultural Contexts written by Raymond Montemayor and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-01-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes and integrates theory and research on adolescents from a diversity of ethnic, economic, and geographic contexts. The book aims to present a more balanced picture of these understudied and misunderstood adolescents by focusing on positive, healthy development.
Download or read book International Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Mental Health written by N. Singh and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a major shift in the way we conceptualize and provide services to children and adolescents with mental health needs. We are moving away from the traditional disorder-oriented model of treatment to a child-centered, family-focused service delivery system that mandates mental health services in the context of the child's family and social ecology. This new system of care has spawned many variations of the model, including wraparound services, multisystemic treatment (MST), futures planning, and person-centred planning. As systems of care are different across countries and cultures, it is imperative that we share our knowledge and make explicit the lessons we have learned in our attempts to provide services to children and adolescents which focus on improving their quality of life rather than merely treating their psychiatric disorders and psychological problems. There is an urgent need to evaluate the various treatments being offered to children and adolescents with mental health needs. Empirical date on outcomes will determine the funding and delivery of services. As such, the latest research on treatment outcomes needs to be disseminated so that new and validated treatment methods can be implemented rapidly.
Download or read book Culture and Conflict in Child and Adolescent Mental Health written by M. Elena Garralda and published by Rlpg/Galleys. This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, part of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions' book series 'Working with Children & Adolescents, ' aims to bring up-to-date empirically derived knowledge on transcultural themes as they affect child and adolescent mental adjustment, to assist those seeking to understand and ameliorate the mental health problems of children and young people. The contributors represent expert views supported by empirical and clinical experiences. They address first general transcultural issues of relevance for child mental health (i.e. political turmoil, the effects of stigma, anthropological considerations, international adoptions, and the adjustment of specific immigrant groups); secondly, cultural aspects of specific child and adolescent mental health disorders. Thirdly, it covers the training of professionals in transcultural child psychiatry and setting up temporary interventions in war and conflict areas.
Download or read book Culture and Conflict in Child and Adolescent Mental Health written by M. Elena Garralda and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, part of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions' book series 'Working with Children & Adolescents, ' aims to bring up-to-date empirically derived knowledge on transcultural themes as they affect child and adolescent mental adjustment, to assist those seeking to understand and ameliorate the mental health problems of children and young people. The contributors represent expert views supported by empirical and clinical experiences. They address first general transcultural issues of relevance for child mental health (i.e. political turmoil, the effects of stigma, anthropological considerations, international adoptions, and the adjustment of specific immigrant groups); secondly, cultural aspects of specific child and adolescent mental health disorders. Thirdly, it covers the training of professionals in transcultural child psychiatry and setting up temporary interventions in war and conflict areas.
