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Psychology of African American Children: Strengths and Challenges

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This chapter presents information on mental health issues in African American children, focusing on exposure to violence, maltreatment/punitive parenting, and limited access to mental health services as major challenges to the maintenance of mental health in this group; extended social supports, firm, appropriately restrictive parents, and robust self-esteem as strengths contributing to resilience this group; and the need to recognize the diversity among African American children while identifying and addressing the needs of those children most at risk.

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  3. School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, 2387 SPH Bldg, 20742, College Park, MD, USA

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Thompson, R., Briggs, E.C., LaTouche-Howard, S.A. (2012). Psychology of African American Children: Strengths and Challenges. In: Chang, E., Downey, C. (eds) Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0424-8_3

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