1st Edition

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities and the Poor

By Michael E. Illovsky Copyright 2003
    276 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Mental Health Professionals, Minorities, and the Poor provides mental health professionals with information essential to the accurate assessment and effective treatment of diver populations.

    bPREFACE

    CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

    Terms Used

    Chapter 2: FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PROVIDING SERVICES 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 Health Research
    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: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY--WITH CROSS-CULTURAL APPLICATIONS
    Evolution (Biological)
    Evolutionary Psychology
    Mental Disorders
    Evolutionary Approaches to Cross-Cultural Therapy

    CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS: SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITIES, CHILDREN, WOMEN, THE ELDERLY
    Sexual Orientation/Homosexuality
    Minorities with Disabilites
    Ethnic Minority Children
    Ethnic Minority Women
    Ethnic Minority Elderly
    Minorities in Rural Areas
    Middle-Class Minorities

    CHAPTER 7: WORLD MENTAL HEALTH--IT ISN'T THE FAULT OF THE MINORITIES 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

    Biography

    Michael E. Illovsky

    "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