Culturally Diverse Mental Health: The Challenges of Research and Resistance

by Mio,Jeffery Scott

• ISBN13: 9780415933582
• ISBN10: 0415933587
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-05-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The most comprehensive book on the topic of multicultural mental health,Culturally Diverse Mental Healthaddresses the challenge of counseling diverse populations including multiracial, homosexual, geriatric, and disabled individuals. Because many clients of diverse backgrounds have entered therapy in the last two decades, old models of treatment based on the mainstream majority no longer apply. This book compiles the latest research on a widely diverse number of populations and addresses the issue of resistance to the need to modify old practices to apply to these populations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Contributors	xi
SECTION 1 RESISTANCE TO MULTICULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
1. Modern Forms of Resistance to Multiculturalism: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize	3	(14)
Jeffery Scott Mio
2. Expanding Our Understanding of White Racism and Resistance to Change in the Fields of Counseling and Psychology	17	(22)
Michael D'Andrea
3. Resistance to Multiculturalism: The "Indian Problem"	39	(16)
J. Douglas McDonald and John M. Chaney
4. To Be Included in the Multicultural Discussion: Check One Box Only	55	(28)
Karen L. Suyemoto and Juanita M. Dimas
5. Manifestations of Resistance to Diversity and Multiculturalism in Organizations	83	(22)
Patricia Arredondo
6. Building Bridges in the 21st Century: Allies and the Power of Human Connection Across Demographic Divides	105	(16)
Jeffery Scott Mio and Laurie A. Roades
SECTION 2 DIVERSE ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS
7. African Americans in the New Millennium: A Continued Search for Our True Identity	121	(20)
Lori Barker-Hackett
8. African-American Couples: Their Importance to the Stability of African-American Families and Their Mental Health Issues	141	(18)
Shalonda Kelly
9. Latinos and Mental Health: At Least You Should Know This	159	(14)
Cynthia de las Fuentes
10. Clinical Psychology Issues Among Asian/Pacific Islander Americans	173	(18)
Stanley Sue and Theodora B. Consolacion
11. South Asian Americans: Culture, Concerns, and Therapeutic Strategies	191	(20)
Nita Tewari, Arpana G. Inman, and Daya Singh Sandhu
12. American-Indian Mental Health Service Delivery: Persistent Challenges and Future Prospects	211	(20)
Joseph P. Gone
13. Not Just Black and White: Interracial Relationships and Multiracial Individuals	231	(20)
Christine C. Iijima Hall
SECTION 3 DIVERSE NONETHNIC POPULATIONS
14. Women's Mental Health Research: History, Current Status, and Future Directions	251	(18)
Gayle Y. Iwamasa and Audrey K. Bangi
15. Violence Against Women: A Silent Pandemic	269	(20)
Jeffery Scott Mio, Mary P. Koss, Michele Harway, James M. O'Neil, Robert Geffner, Bianca Cody Murphy, and David C. Ivey
16. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Psychology: Past, Present, and Future Directions	289	(20)
Kristin A. Hancock
17. Aging and Mental Health	309	(14)
Martha R. Crowther and Antonette M. Zeiss
18. Deaf: Moving from Hearing Loss to Diversity	323	(18)
Irene W. Leigh
19. Perspectives on Spirituality and Psychology in Ethnic Populations	341	(20)
G. Rita Dudley-Grant
Index	361