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Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health pp 355–382Cite as

Multidimensional Clinical Competence: Considering Racial Group, Development, and the Positive Psychology Movement in Clinical Practice

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The present volume has brought together a wide set of empirical findings from many areas, which are usually (and often quite usefully) considered separately from one another. Specifically, we have endeavored to present a balanced, developmental picture of mental health, and illness in the five most commonly recognized racial groups within the United States. We have encouraged our contributors to offer their expertise on positive and negative psychological functioning in particular subgroups, and to make recommendations for future investigation on each subgroup. We hope that the result of this work is a useful, comprehensive, and informative volume that inspires much future work.

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Downey, C.A., Chang, E.C. (2012). Multidimensional Clinical Competence: Considering Racial Group, Development, and the Positive Psychology Movement in Clinical Practice. 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_19

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