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Black Men and Depression - Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends (Paperback)
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Black Men and Depression - Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends (Paperback)
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Loot Price R371
Discovery Miles 3 710
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"A first-of-its-kind exploration of black men and depression from
an award-winning journalist
The first book to reveal the depths of black men's buried mental
and emotional pain, "Standing in the Shadows weaves the author's
story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression with a
cultural analysis of how the illness is perceived in the black
community--and why nobody wants to talk about it.In mainstream
society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo
subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost
completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men
are suffering in silence or getting treatment only in the most
extreme circumstances--in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, and
prisons. The neglect of emotional disorders among men in the black
community is nothing less than racial suicide. John Head's
explosive work, "Standing in the Shadows, addresses what can be
done to help those who need it most.In this groundbreaking book,
veteran journalist and award-winning author John Head argues that
the problem can be traced back to slavery, when it was believed
that blacks were unable to feel inner pain because they had no
psyche. This myth has damaged generations of African American men
and their families and has created a society that blames black men
for being violent and aggressive without considering that
depression might be a root cause. The author also explores the
roles of the black church, the black family, and the changing
nature of black women in American culture as a way to understand
how the black community may have unwittingly helped push the
emotional disorders of African American men further underground. As
daring andpowerful as Nathan McCall's "Makes Me Wanna Holler,
"Standing in the Shadows challenges both the African American
community and the psychiatric community to end the silent suffering
of black men by taking responsibility for a problem that's been
ignored for far too long. Additionally, "Standing in the Shadows
gives women an understanding of depression that enables them to
help black men mend their relationships, their families, and
themselves.
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