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Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness

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Editors:
  1. Sana Loue

    1. Div. Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

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  2. Martha Sajatovic

    1. Dept. Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland, U.S.A.

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  • Chapters authored by national and international experts from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, law, anthropology, public health, and psychology

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-11
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  2. Health and Wellness

    • Susan Hatters Friedman, Joy Stankowski, Martha Sajatovic
    Pages 1-14

  3. City Living and Mental Health in History

    • Sandro Galea, Emily Goldmann, Andrea Maxwell
    Pages 1-23

  4. Mental Health, Mental Health Courts, and Minorities

    • Lara Nochomovitz, Franklin J. Hickman
    Pages 1-18

  5. Migration and Mental Health

    • Sana Loue
    Pages 1-16

  6. Media, Minorities, and the Stigma of Mental Illness

    • Sandra S. Swantek
    Pages 1-15

  7. Minority Mental Health and Wellness: A Perspective from Health Care Systems

    • Siran M. Koroukian
    Pages 1-35

  8. Social Support, Mental Health, Minorities, and Acculturative Stress

    • Deborah Goebert
    Pages 1-24

  9. Religion and Mental Health Among Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S.

    • Anahí Viladrich, Ana F. Abraído-Lanza
    Pages 1-26

  10. Cultural Considerations Regarding Perspectives on Mental Illness and Healing

    • Declan T. Barry, Mark Beitel
    Pages 1-17

  11. Gender and Minority Mental Health: The Case of Body Image

    • Laura Simonelli, Leslie J. Heinberg
    Pages 1-27

  12. Family Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness

    • Stevan Weine, Saif Siddiqui
    Pages 1-33

  13. Family-Focused Psychoeducational Programs for Minorities with Serious Mental Illness

    • Amy Weisman de Mamani, Radha Dunham, Stephanie Aldebot, Naomi Tuchman, Stephanie Wasserman
    Pages 1-18

  14. Socioeconomic Status: Risks and Resilience

    • Lara M. Stepleman, Dustin E. Wright, Kathryn A. Bottonari
    Pages 1-30

  15. Psychiatric Genetics-An Update

    • Prashant Gajwani
    Pages 1-9

  16. Substance Abuse in Minority Populations

    • W. A. Vega, A. G. Gil
    Pages 1-21

  17. Neurocognitive Testing of Minorities in Mental Health Settings

    • Amir Poreh, Alya Sultan
    Pages 1-14

  18. Stress and Resilience

    • AnnaMaria Aguirre McLaughlin, Lisa Stines Doane, Alice L. Costiuc, Norah C. Feeny
    Pages 1-16

  19. Methodological Challenges in Research on the Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness

    • Peter Guarnaccia
    Pages 1-22

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 1-10
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About this book

The United States is experiencing a dramatic shift in demographics, with minorities comprising a rapidly growing proportion of the population. It is anticipated that this will likely lead to substantial changes in previously established values, needs, and priorities of the population, including health and mental health for individuals, families, and society at large. This volume focuses on determinants of minority mental health and wellness. This emphasis necessarily raises the question of just who is a minority and how is minority to be defined. The term has been defined in any number of ways. Wirth (1945, p. 347) offered one of the earliest definitions of minority: We may define a minority as a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination. The existence of a minority in a society implies the existence of a corresponding dominant group enjoying higher social status and greater privileges.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"The 18 chapters of this volume examine and critique current research as part of their discussion of the methods and issues that concern mental health assessment and treatment of minorities. … Throughout, the authors address each topic by offering broader, often theoretical approaches to the question of ethnicity and what constitutes minority culture. … This volume will be a valuable resource for social workers, therapists, and anyone working in public health." (SciTech Book News, March, 2009)

"This book presents a comprehensive review of determinants of minority mental health and wellness from a multilevel perspective. … Graduate students and researchers/clinicians appear to be the intended audience. The book covers a wide range of important, specific issues and factors related to the determinants of minority mental health in the U.S." (Amy E Harley, Doody’s Review Service, May, 2009)

“Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic have gathered a collection of chapters addressing mental health and illness in diverse groups of persons of color and highlight mental wellness. Health (a state of being) and wellness (the process of pursuing that state) are clearly defined, with individual and systemic barriers to wellness emphasized. … Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness provides an adequate review of the area. … the book is well written and reasonably presented … .” (Carl C. Bell, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303 (6), 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Div. Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

    Sana Loue

  • Dept. Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland, U.S.A.

    Martha Sajatovic

About the editors

Dr. Loue is known internationally for her research with minority communities, as well as research ethics and epidemiology. She is the Principal Investigator of a foundation-funded study examining the co-occurrence of mental illness and HIV risk among African-American men who have sex with men and an NIMH-funded study focusing on the cultural context of HIV risk among Latinas with severe mental illness. Dr. Sajatovic is a psychiatrist with significant expertise in mood disorders and an increasing research and clinical focus on the delivery of quality mental health care to minority populations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness

  • Editors: Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75659-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75658-5Published: 21 January 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2598-5Published: 29 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75659-2Published: 19 December 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 396

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Administration

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