ABSTRACT
This handbook presents a thorough examination of the intricate interplay of race, ethnicity, and culture in mental health – historical origins, subsequent transformations, and the discourses generated from past and present mental health and wellness practices.
The text demonstrates how socio-cultural identities including race, gender, class, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and age intersect with clinical work in a range of settings. Case vignettes and recommendations for best practice help ground each in a clinical focus, guiding practitioners and educators to actively increase their understanding of non-Western and indigenous healing techniques, as well as their awareness of contemporary mental health theories as a product of Western culture with a particular historical and cultural perspective. The international contributors also discuss ways in which global mental health practices transcend racial, cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and political boundaries.
The Routledge International Handbook of Race, Culture and Mental Health is an essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals alike as it addresses the complexity of mental health issues from a critical, global perspective.
Part I. 1. Configurations of Race and Culture in Mental Health 2. Coloniality, Indigeneity, and Mental Health 3. A Postcolonial Critique of Mental Health 4. Culture and the Globalization of Mental Health 5. The Politics of the Global Governance of Mental Health Part II. 6. Culture in Counseling Psychology 7. Culture and Psychoanalysis 8. Race and Culture in Psychiatry 9. Race, Culture and Group Psychotherapy 10. Culture and Nursing in Mental Health 11. Culture and Social Work in Mental Health Part III. 12. Culture and Gender in Mental Health 13. Culture and Social Class in Mental Health 14. Culture and Disability in Mental Health 15. Culture and Sexual Orientation in Mental Health 16. Culture and Religion in Mental Health 17. Culture, Transgender Individuals, and Mental Health Part IV. 18. Atheism and Healing in Mental Health 19. Buddhism and Healing in Mental Health 20. Christianity and Healing in Mental Health 21. Hinduism and Healing in Mental Health 22. Islam and Healing in Mental Health 23. Judaism and Mental Health Part V. 24. Culture, Mental Health, and Children and 25. Culture, Mental Health, and Older People 26. Culture, Mental Health, and Immigrants 27. Culture, Mental Health and Refugees Part VI. 28. Culture and Mental Health in Brazil 29. Culture and Mental Health in Chile 30. Culture and Mental Health in (the greater) China 31. Culture and Mental Health in Egypt 32. Culture and Mental Health in India 33. Culture and Mental Health in Jamaica 34. Culture and Mental Health in Kenya 35. Culture and Mental Health in Nigeria 36. Culture and Mental Health in Pakistan 37. Culture and Mental Health in Peru 38. Culture and Mental Health in Philippines 39. Culture and Mental Health in South Africa Part VII. 40. Indigenous North American Healing 41. Indigenous African Healing 42. South Asian Healing 43. Caribbean Healing 44. Indigenous Australian and Maori Healing
