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Racial Disparity in Mental Health Services

Why Race Still Matters

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Learn culturally competent approaches to better serve all clients

Differences unfortunately still remain in the way many races are provided health and mental health services....

Published March 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Mental Health Care in the African-American Community

• By Gary Rosenberg, Andrew Weissman, Sadye Logan, Ramona Denby, Priscilla A. Gibson

A comprehensive user-friendly text providing new ways of approaching mental health needs of the Black community

Over the course of an African American’s lifetime, mental...

Published October 25th 2007 by Routledge.

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Ethnicity and the Dementias

• Edited by Gwen Yeo, Dolores Gallager-Thompson

In recent years, the literature on the topic of ethnic and racial issues in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias has increased dramatically. At the same...

Published July 12th 2006 by Routledge.

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Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry

The Struggle Against Racism

• By Dr Suman Fernando, Suman Fernando

'Black and minority ethnic communities lack confidence in mental health services', according to the National Service Framework for Mental Health published by the Department of...

Published August 7th 2003 by Routledge.

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Working with Interpreters in Mental Health

• Edited by Hitesh Raval, Rachel Tribe

Why are interpreters an important part of modern healthcare provision?
In today's society, there is an increasing need for mental health professionals to work with interpreters,...

Published December 19th 2002 by Routledge.

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Forensic Psychiatry, Race and Culture

• By Dr Suman Fernando, Suman Fernando, David Ndegwa, Melba Wilson

Forensic psychiatry is the discipline which distinguishes the 'mad' from the 'bad', but are its values inherently racist? Why are individuals from non-Western backgrounds over-represented...

Published April 16th 1998 by Routledge.

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Aliens and Alienists

Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry

• By Maurice Lipsedge, Roland Littlewood

In this classic text the authors examine the links between racism, psychological ill health and inadequate treatment of ethnic minorities. Through a series of case...

Published April 10th 1997 by Routledge.

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Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society

A Multidisciplinary Handbook

• Edited by Dr Suman Fernando, Frank Keating, Frank Keating

This new edition of Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society is an authoritative, comprehensive guide on issues around race, culture and mental health service provision....

Published October 26th 1995 by Routledge.

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