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Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health (Paperback)
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America's minority adolescents are clearly a population at risk. In
the immediate years to come, many are in danger of experiencing
mental health problems and being left without a promising future.
Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health is designed to raise
awareness on the effects of ethnicity on adolescent mental health.
Two primary themes are addressed: First, the effect of social and
environmental conditions as causes of mental health problems; and
second, the necessity for understanding ethnic values and attitudes
in developing appropriate helping strategies. Problems of identity
formation, acculturation education, antisocial behavior, sexuality,
substance abuse, and suicide are all thoroughly examined as
afflicting the mental health, and hence the lifetime opportunities
of minority adolescents. Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health
will be useful as an adjunct text for information about ethnicity
in classes concerning adolescents in the fields of psychology,
social work, sociology, and related areas. In addition, this book
will also be of interest to those individuals doing research on
adolescent mental health to provide background information on
ethnic issues concerning different mental health problems. "Ethnic
Issues in Adolescent Mental Health is a timely volume on
ethnic-specific issues as applied to the mental health context. . .
. This is a book I highly recommend for both researchers and
clinicians who are interested in the role of ethnicity and/or
practice conducted among ethnic minority adolescents." --Journal of
Adolescence "This collection focuses on current knowledge about the
impact of ethnic issues on adolescent mental health and the
implications of the issues for effective intervention programs. . .
. Helpful tables and figures; extensive reference lists accompany
each chapter. Appropriate for upper-division undergraduate,
graduate, or professional collections." --Choice "The authors
address mental health concerns in the contexts of adolescence,
ethnicity, and social and environmental conditions. . . . They
cover issues of identity formation, acculturation, sexuality,
substance abuse, suicide, and living conditions. Family issues are
discussed from multiple perspectives. While the population
addressed is broad and the subject matter complex, the contributors
to this volume bring a needed lens of ethnicity to the examination
of adolescent's concerns." --Families in Society "Politically
correct scolding of the majority is not so prominent in this volume
as it would have been a few years ago. This shift is certainly
wise, because it is the unconverted that need (and indeed want) to
learn about the challenges and obligations of increasing diversity
in mental health service and research. The general reader will
respond to the solid scholarship on ethnic identity by Phinney,
Lockner, and Murphy, and to the epidemiology and policy chapter by
Marsiglio and Scanzioni. Oyemade and Washington's chapter is a
model of research and integration and model design for the fields
of substance abuse, family dynamics, and primary prevention for
high-risk Black youth." --Contemporary Psychology
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