The unapologetic guide to Black mental health : navigate an unequal system, learn tools for emotional wellness, and get the help you deserve / Rheeda Walker, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Rheeda, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Mental health.

African Americans.

Mental Health--ethnology.

Black or African American.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Health--ethnology.

Black or African American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 218 pages.)

Other Title:

Guide to Black mental health

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Foreword

Chapter 1. The Psychological Crisis Is Real: Let's Fight for Our Sanity Together

Part 1: Recognize Serious Threats to Emotional Health and Life

Chapter 2. What You Can Do If Death Seems Like the Best End to Pain

Chapter 3. Poor Diet, Neglected Health, Addiction, and Low-key Suicide

Chapter 4. The Anxiety and Depression Beneath It All

Chapter 5. Racism Is Bad for You

Chapter 6. Assimilating and Internalizing Racism

Part 2: Reclaim Your Mind to Reclaim a Life Worth Living

Chapter 7. Exploring and Expanding Meaningful Blackness

Chapter 8. Making the Most of Your Spiritual Resourcefulness

Chapter 9. Being Genuine About Needing Help Makes Getting Help Possible

Chapter 10. How to Make "Therapy" Work, When You Need It

Chapter 11. Apply New and Improved Tools to Overcome Stress

Chapter 12. Claiming Your Truths Makes Change Possible

Acknowledgments

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-218).

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781684034154

1684034159

Publisher Number:

99984749609

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.