Black mental health : patients, providers, and systems / edited by Ezra E.H. Griffith, Billy E. Jones, Altha J. Stewart.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The welcome table in the workplace / Ezra E.H. Griffith -- Call to public service / Billy E. Jones -- Long journey to the top of the psychiatric ladder / Altha J. Stewart -- Bridging the gap : challenges for mental health policy, research and practice / June Jackson Christmas -- Black psychiatrists of 1969 survey the scene, then and now / Orlando B. Lightfoot and Dexter L. Fields -- Black Americans and public sector system-design strategies promoting health equity / Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Elizabeth Flanagan, Chyrell D. Bellamy, Ellen S. Boynton, and Larry Davidson -- African Americans and the Criminal Justice System / Richard G. Dudley Jr. -- Black international medical graduates and the care of black patients / Charles Dike -- Providing high-quality psychiatric care for black children and youth / Linda N. Freeman and Melvin Oatis -- Black women and mental health : psychosocial realities and clinical considerations / Annelle B. Primm, Donna M. Norris, and Ruth S. Shim -- Young minority fathers : harbingers of promise for their children / Derrick M. Gordon, David Friedlander, and Christine Simon -- Black elders of the Twenty-First Century / F.M. Baker -- Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer identities and mental health / Kenneth B. Ashley and Lorraine E. Lothwell -- Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in African American populations / Patricia A. Newton -- Psychotherapy with African Americans and people of African descent / Anderson J. Franklin -- Biological therapies and black patients / William B. Lawson -- The black church and mental health / Sidney H. Hankerson, Eunice C. Wong, and Kenneth Polite -- Psychiatric training and black mental health / Iverson Bell Jr., Anthony P.S. Guerrero, and Jyotsna S. Ranga -- A seat at the psychiatric table : increasing the workforce presence of blacks / Frank Clark -- Addressing the mental health needs of African American youth in the new millennium : intersections and visions for the future / Racquel E. Reid -- Training in the effects of implicit racial bias on black health / Tiffany Cooke and Nzinga A. Harrison -- Historically black colleges and universities and African American psychiatry : past, present, and future / Curley L. Bonds -- The importance of "Bent Nail" research for African American populations / Carl C. Bell -- Racism and mental health : pathways, evidence, and needed research / David R. Williams and Ayesha McAdams-Mahmoud -- Toward a liberation psychiatry : contributions from the psychology of place / Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- The "new" epidemic : trauma among urban adolescents living in poverty / Nadia L. Ward, Aaron D. Haddock, Patricia Simon, and Michael J. Strambler -- Addiction, drug policy, and black clinical innovations / Helena B. Hansen and Jacquelyne F. Jackson -- Conclusion : toward a revised vision of black mental health / Billy E. Jones, Ezra E.H. Griffith, and Altha J. Stewart.

The experiences of both black patients and the black mental health professionals who serve them are analyzed against the backdrop of the cultural, societal, and professional forces that have shaped their place in this specialized health care arena.

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