Handbook of Mental Health and Mental Disorder Among Black Americans

by Dorothy S. Ruiz and Dorothy Smith-Ruiz

This handbook brings together crucial information related to mental illness among black Americans by examining the impact of social structures and conditions on the mental health of blacks. Choice

While it is generally assumed that poverty, unemployment, and discrimination have a serious impact on the psychological well-being and functioning of black Americans, very little research has been directed to understanding or documenting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313263302
• ISBN13: 9780313263309
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.6"