Overview

"This is not a ""how-to"" book; instead it is a ""think about what you are doing"" book. Informing readers of issues in minority mental health, are critiques of the effects of minority mental health professionals in their interactions with minorities and the poor. It encourages therapists to go beyond common beliefs, espoused values, and accepted myths. Solutions offered include the exploration of other therapeutic approaches-with examples in the chapters on technology and evolution. Focusing on aspects of the mental health fields that are often overlooked, summarily dismissed, or ignored, racist, political and economic aspects of ethnic minority mental health work are explored and the development of endogenous systems in the underdeveloped US minority communities is encouraged. Conditions of ethnic minorities in other parts of the world are explored to gain perspective and to examine what has been done elsewhere. A world perspective makes it clearer that the conditions of minorities are often more a function of social, economic and political forces and not necessarily a function of the characteristics of the minority group."

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Author:   Michael E. Illovsky
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415935760

ISBN 10:   0415935768
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   27 November 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

bPREFACE CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Terms Used Chapter 2: FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PROVIDINGSERVICES TO CROSS-CULTURAL PERSONS Differences that Might Mitigate Therapeutic Effects When Counseling Minorities Solutions to Consider Selection of Mental Health Professionals, Training, Power, and Politics Counselor Selection and Education Insights from Assessment Mental Health Training and the Poor Necessary and Sufficient Skills Power Dynamics Chapter 3: Minority Mental HealthResearch Minority Mental Health Research Minorities in the General Mental Health Literature Minority Mental Health Research Analysis of Minority Mental Health Research Ethnic Group Classifications Ethnic Research Misuse of Minority Data Reporting CHAPTER 4: USING TECHNOLOGY Human Impediments Minority Education, Training, and Community Development CHAPTER 5: EVOLUTIONARYPSYCHOLOGY--WITH CROSS-CULTURAL APPLICATIONS Evolution (Biological) Evolutionary Psychology Mental Disorders Evolutionary Approaches to Cross-Cultural Therapy CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS: SEXUALORIENTATION, DISABILITIES, CHILDREN, WOMEN, THEELDERLY Sexual Orientation/Homosexuality Minorities with Disabilites Ethnic Minority Children Ethnic Minority Women Ethnic Minority Elderly Minorities in Rural Areas Middle-Class Minorities CHAPTER7: WORLD MENTAL HEALTH--IT ISN'T THE FAULT OF THEMINORITIES AND THE POOR Why Study Other Cultures? Why and How Do Inequalities Exist? World Mental Health of Minorities and the Poor Findings and Solutions CHAPTER 8: CONCLUDING REMARKS Scholarship and Action Therapy and Action Institutional Skills Technology and Information Counseling Models Contributions of Other Cultures Universal Perspective REFERENCES INDEX

Reviews

This is a courageous and sensitive examination of core issues for the 21st Century Mental Health Professional..This truly is a book for the thinking therapist and is a must-read for practitioners and educators of our next generation..The reader is assisted in deepening his or her understanding of cultural and ethnic issues while being encouraged to take action, explore alternative approaches, and utilize new innovations in technology. <br>-Stephany Joy-Newman, Ph.D., past president of the American College Counseling Association and the Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association <br> Given the increasing cultural diversity of people in the U.S.A., Michael Illovsky's book is a necessary primer for every mental health professional.. Mental health providers must get beyond the 19th and 20th century assimilation paradigm and recognize that acculturation will be the adaptive strategy of most minorities and poor people in the 21st century. <br>-J. Q. Adams, Ph.D., moderator of the popular PBS Teleclass Dealing With Diversity, co-editor of Dealing With Diversity: The Anthology <br> This book provides current and up-to-date research on the various populations and what professionals have theorized about when working with these populations. This book is an excellent book for clinicians, researchers, and students to have in their collection of resources. <br>-Jacqueline A. Conley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Chicago State University <br> This book is a must-have if you are interested in a comprehensive review of mental health status, services, and outcomes that significantly differ among cultural groups. <br>This text provides an extensive review of Physiological, psychosocial, and social differences that suggest the lack of diversity in the mental health profession creates (1) limited cultural views and (2) miscommunication and decreased understanding between the ethnic-minority patient and the mental health provider.. <br>-Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, July/Sept 2004 <br>

"""This is a courageous and sensitive examination of core issues for the 21st Century Mental Health Professional..This truly is a book for the thinking therapist and is a must-read for practitioners and educators of our next generation..The reader is assisted in deepening his or her understanding of cultural and ethnic issues while being encouraged to take action, explore alternative approaches, and utilize new innovations in technology."" -- Stephany Joy-Newman, Ph.D., past president of the American College Counseling Association and the Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association ""Given the increasing cultural diversity of people in the U.S.A., Michael Illovsky's book is a necessary primer for every mental health professional.. Mental health providers must get beyond the 19th and 20th century assimilation paradigm and recognize that acculturation will be the adaptive strategy of most minorities and poor people in the 21st century."" -- J. Q. Adams, Ph.D., moderator of the popular PBS Teleclass Dealing With Diversity, co-editor of Dealing With Diversity: TheAnthology ""This book provides current and up-to-date research on the various populations and what professionals have theorized about when working with these populations. This book is an excellent book for clinicians, researchers, and students to have in their collection of resources."" -- Jacqueline A. Conley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Chicago State University ""This book is a must-have if you are interested in a comprehensive review of mental health status, services, and outcomes that significantly differ among cultural groups. This text provides an extensive review of Physiological, psychosocial, and social differences that suggest the lack of diversity in the mental health profession creates (1) limited cultural views and (2) miscommunication and decreased understanding between the ethnic-minority patient and the mental health provider."" -- Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research"

This is a courageous and sensitive examination of core issues for the 21st Century Mental Health Professional..This truly is a book for the thinking therapist and is a must-read for practitioners and educators of our next generation..The reader is assisted in deepening his or her understanding of cultural and ethnic issues while being encouraged to take action, explore alternative approaches, and utilize new innovations in technology. -Stephany Joy-Newman, Ph.D., past president of the American College Counseling Association and the Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association Given the increasing cultural diversity of people in the U.S.A., Michael Illovsky's book is a necessary primer for every mental health professional.. Mental health providers must get beyond the 19th and 20th century assimilation paradigm and recognize that acculturation will be the adaptive strategy of most minorities and poor people in the 21st century. -J. Q. Adams, Ph.D., moderator of the popular PBS Teleclass Dealing With Diversity, co-editor of Dealing With Diversity: The Anthology This book provides current and up-to-date research on the various populations and what professionals have theorized about when working with these populations. This book is an excellent book for clinicians, researchers, and students to have in their collection of resources. -Jacqueline A. Conley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Chicago State University This book is a must-have if you are interested in a comprehensive review of mental health status, services, and outcomes that significantly differ among cultural groups. This text provides an extensive review of Physiological, psychosocial, and social differences that suggest the lack of diversity in the mental health profession creates (1) limited cultural views and (2) miscommunication and decreased understanding between the ethnic-minority patient and the mental health provider.. -Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, July/Sept 2004

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