Racism and Psychiatry Contemporary Issues and Interventions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Medlock, Morgan M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shtasel, Derri (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Trinh, Nhi-Ha T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Williams, David R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Current Clinical Psychiatry,
• Subjects: Psychiatry.; Psychology.; General practice (Medicine).; Public health.; Psychology, general.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Public Health.

This book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system. This text aims to build a novel didactic curriculum addressing racism, justice, and community mental health a...

Table of Contents:

• Origins of Racism in American Medicine and Psychiatry
• The Legacy of Slavery in Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors: Using Cognitive Behavioral Chapter 3: Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Mental Health Outcomes
• The Intersection of Homelessness, Racism and Mental Illness
• Mental Illness, Addiction, and Incarceration: Breaking the Cycle
• Racism, Black bodies, and Psychodynamic Therapy
• Clinician Bias in Diagnosis and Treatment
• Resilience and Religious Experience
• Addressing Cultural Mistrust: Strategies for Alliance Building
• Changing Institutional Values and Diversifying the Behavioral Health Workforce
• Medical Education and Racism: Where Have We Been and Where Might We Go?
• Racial and Ethnic Minority Mental Health Advocacy: Strategies for Addressing Racism
• Clinical Toolkit: Providing Psychotherapy in a Contemporary Social Context.