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Changing the stigma of mental health among African Americans : moving from denial to acceptance / LaVelle Hendricks, Dimitra Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies
- Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies (APMHBS) book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Mental health.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Mental health services.
- Mental Health.
- Black or African American--psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Health.
- Black or African American--psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2023]
- Contents:
- Section 1. Foundations of mental health disorders. Chapter 1. Borderline personality disorder ; Chapter 2. Post-traumatic stress disorder in African-Americans ; Chapter 3. Insomnia disorder among African-Americans ; Chapter 4. Eating disorders among African-Americans ; Chapter 5. Factitious disorder among the African-American population ; Chapter 6. Obsessive-compulsive disorder and the African-American experience ; Chapter 7. Paranoia disorder and the African-American community ; Chapter 8. Narcissistic personality disorder and the African-American culture ; Chapter 9. Major depressive disorder among African-Americans
- Section 2. Addressing mental health in the African-American community. Chapter 10. Promoting black or African-American men's mental health through empowering masculinity ; Chapter 11. Schizophrenia: impact and disparities in the black community ; Chapter 12. The neurodevelopment of the brain ; Chapter 13. Drug and alcohol use among blacks: mental health implications ; Chapter 14. The impact of the psychoeducational approach: changing the stigma of mental health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hershey, Pa. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2023).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. William McDowell Mastin Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Changing the stigma of mental health among African Americans
- ISBN:
- 9781668489208
- 1668489201
- Publisher Number:
- 99994758683
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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