All of these contribute to ongoing health disparities within the African American community. This chapter discusses the challenges African Americans experience accessing and acquiring quality care in the United States and explore common and newer strategies designed to foster a culture of improved mental ...
Mental Health Of African American Male Populations Essay A survey was conducted by Sherrill L. Sellers (Miami University of Ohio), Harold W. Neighbors, (University of Michigan), and Vence L. Bonham (Michigan State University) in order to address the interaction between goal-oriented stress and ...
Mental Illness In African American Decent Essays 272 Words 2 Pages Open Document Growing up as a child, I always thought that any individual you displayed any behavior that didn’t seemed what we called “normal” should be institutionalized regardless of the diagnosis. Mental illness is an exten...
Culture and mental health - A Southern African view 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 40 作者: S Leslie 摘要: This is a long awaited text within the field of mental health in South Africa, as there is very little written about culture and mental health within the specific context of ...
Personal complaints taken from an anthropological literature describing African American communities and found on the Diagnostic Interview Schedule were factor analyzed, and 3 scales of culturally defined symptom distress were created. The scales were tested as predictors of mental health services use under...
Religion, health and medicine in African Americans: implications for physicians. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005;97(2):237–49. PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Campbell N, Stuck C, Frinks L. Spirituality training in residency: changing the culture of a program. Acad Psychiatry. 2012;36(1):...
Faith has been shown to serve a protective role in the mental health of African Americans and European Americans. However, little research has examined whether any association exists in Asian Americans. Using the National Latino and Asian American Study dataset, we examined the effect of religious ...
and being the target of offensive jokes can begin in childhood and continue throughout the life course, resulting in the majority of Black American adults reporting discriminatory treatment over their lifetime. Discrimination in domains such as health care, employment, and encounters with the police,...
These include the caregiver's relationship to the needy person, age, gender, culture, education, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status. One of the most profound influences on the type of caregiving, and the mental health costs to the caregiver, has been the characteristic of race. ...
Stigma and mental health: A South African perspective 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 8 作者: Solomon Rataemane,Lusanda Rataemane 摘要: Mental disorders are widely recognized as a major contributor to the global burden of disease worldwide. They often constitute a double jeopardy for those ...