Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental health education
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Guidelines for Developing Mental Health and Minority Aging Curriculum with a Focus on Self Help Groups
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental health education
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Ethnic Minority Health
Author: Craig HaynesPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This guide encompasses in one volume various minority health issues for the four major US ethnic minority groups (Native Americans/Alaska Natives, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian/Pacific Islander Americans). Features nine quick access sections that are divided first by material format or broad subject area and then by ethnic group. ...provides a valuable service. A bibliography such as this introduces the reader to the literature on a specific topic... --ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Continuing Education for Gerontological Careers
Author: Roberta Rubin GreenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Mental Health
Author: Social Work Macro Practice
Author: F. Ellen NettingPublisher: Allyn & Bacon
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Social Work Macro Practice, 2/e is a comprehensive introduction to social work practice within communities and organizations. Distinguished by its unique practice model that shows students how to use communities and organizations to help clients, the second edition includes a new chapter on Community Theory, the revised NASW Code of Ethics, more information on and examples of diversity, and a new Instructor's Manual.
Mexican American Elderly in the U.S.
Author: Steven R. ApplewhitePublisher:
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Category : Older Mexican Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Research Awards Index
Author: Final Report, the 1981 White House Conference on Aging: Recommendations, post-conference survey of delegates
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309439124
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.