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There is a growing body of evidence regarding the use of specific approaches for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of major mental and behavioral disorders in African Americans and Blacks. In this final chapter, we summarize the major findings, offer recommendations from our contributors, and pose questions for future research. Overall, we are interested in examining what we believe to be culturally salient and relevant questions for the field to consider including the import of racism and discrimination as they impact African American mental health, the interplay of physical and mental health problems (e.g., obesity and cardiovascular disease), and the potential impact of “missed” trauma (e.g., lack of assessment and/or misdiagnosis of trauma as ADHD or psychosis). We anticipate that this summary will provide a brief overview of where the field of African American youth mental health is today and offer some insights into where we hope to see progress in the future.
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Al-Mateen, C.S., Breland-Noble, A.M., Singh, N.N. (2016). The Way Ahead. In: Breland-Noble, A., Al-Mateen, C., Singh, N. (eds) Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth. Springer Series on Child and Family Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25501-9_19
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