Mental Health, Racism, and Contemporary Challenges of Being Black in America / edited by Donna M. Norris and Annelle B. Primm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norris, Donna M., 1943- editor.

Primm, Annelle B., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Mental health.

African Americans.

Racism.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"Collected in a single volume for the first time, the writings in this novel anthology represent more than four decades of perspectives from the American Psychiatric Association's Solomon Carter Fuller Award lectures, named for the first Black psychiatrist in the United States. The chapter authors--Solomon Carter Fuller awardees themselves, psychiatrists building on the work of previous awardees, and other scholar experts--offer a multidisciplinary, cross-sectional examination of both the historical and contemporary environments that inform the Black experience in the United States. These treatises look at the intersection of mental health with topics that include the following: * Public health and public policy* Health care inequities* Racism* Economic well-being* Media* Education Emphasizing the real challenges that Black communities have faced and continue to face, each chapter also offers reasons for perseverance in the face of adversity. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the complexity of the Black experience in America and its impact on mental health, as well as a greater awareness of and appreciation for the legacy and ongoing contributions of Black psychiatric leaders to the field."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

PART I: Conditions Affecting Life in Black Communities

1 Public Health and Mental Health Disparities in Black Communities: CHALLENGES FOR AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY

2 The Highs and Lows of Public Health Practice

3 Why Economic Disparities Matter in Mental Health

4 African Americans and Substance Use

5 Black Psychiatrists Responding to the Mental Health Impact of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters and Systemic Inequities

PART II: Responding to the Realities of Racism

6 Application of an Emotional Competence Framework to Racism

7 Centering Blackness in Mental Health Equity

8 The Media Is the Message: FILM AND TV INFLUENCES ON BLACK MENTAL HEALTH

PART III: A Call to Research

9 The Work and Legacy of Dr. Carl Bell

Part 1: Building a Better Village

Part 2: Public Health Efforts

10 Will Advances in Research Address Racial Disparities?

11 Identities at the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Mental Illness: REMEMBERING CHESTER PIERCE

PART IV: Racism, Leadership, and Organized Psychiatry

12 Reflections on the Origin of the Black Psychiatrists of America

13 The Urgency of Responsible Leadership in American Psychiatry: RACIAL BIAS AND THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL CRISES IMPACTING MENTAL HEALTH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

14 The Caravan Moves On: FROM SOLOMON CARTER FULLER TO PSYCHIATRY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

15 Nigrescence and the Future of American Psychiatry

Appendix: Solomon Carter Fuller Award Lecturers

Index

Contributors and Black Psychiatry Leaders

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61537-994-0

1-61537-471-X

OCLC:

1401059092