Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health

Edited by:

Arlene Rubin Stiffman - Washington University, St Louis, USA
Larry E. Davis - Washington University, St Louis, USA

Other Titles in:
Child Development

November 1990 | 360 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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The effects of social and environmental conditions on mental health, and the need to understand ethnic values and attitudes when developing helping strategies are the major themes of this volume, which is aimed at raising awareness of the effects of ethnicity on adolescent mental health.

PART ONE: GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Mental Health of Black Adolescents

Implications for Policy and Practice

Jean S Phinney, Bruce Lochner and Rodolfo Murphy

Ethnic Identity Development and Psychological Adjustment in Adolescence

John M Chavez and Collette E Roney

Psychocultural Factors Affecting the Mental Health Status of Mexican American Adolescents

William T Liu, Elena Yu, Ching-Fu Chang and Marilyn Fernandez

The Mental Health of Asian American Teenagers

A Research Challenge

PART TWO: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR/VIOLENCE/DELINQUENCY

Nora Gustavsson and Pallassana R Balgopal

Violence and Minority Youth

An Ecological Perspective

Cheryl L Thompson

In Pursuit of Affirmation

The Antisocial Inner-City Adolescent

Orlando Rodriguez and Luis H Zayas

Hispanic Adolescents and Antisocial Behavior

Sociocultural Factors and Treatment Implications

PART THREE: SEXUALITY

Algea Harrison

High Risk Sexual Behavior Among Black Adolescents

Brenda G McGowan and Amy Kohn

Social Support and Teen Pregnancy in the Inner City

Sandra Y Lewis

Black Teens Parenting in the Inner City

Problems and Recommendations

William Marsiglio and John H Scanzoni

Pregnant and Parenting Black Adolescents

Theoretical and Policy Perspectives

PART FOUR: SUBSTANCES: USE AND ABUSE

Edith M Freeman

Social Competence as a Framework for Addressing Ethnicity and Teenage Alcohol Problems

Ura Jean Oyemade and Valora Washington

The Role of Family Factors in the Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse Among High Risk Black Youth

E Daniel Edwards and Margie Egbert-Edwards

American Indian Adolescents

Combating Problems of Substance Use and Abuse Through a Community Model

Melvin Delgado

Hispanic Adolescents and Substance Abuse

Implications for Research, Treatment, and Prevention

PART FIVE: SUICIDE

Karen F Wyche and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus

Suicidal Behavior Among Minority Youth in the United States

Essie Manuel Rutledge

Suicide Among Black Adolescents and Young Adults

A Rising Problem

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