List of Tables and Figuresxi
About the Editorsxiii
About the Authorsxv
Foreword
Joseph L. White
xxix
Prologue
Alvin Poussaint
xxxi
Prelude
Eugene Ellis
xxxv
Acknowledgementsxxxvii
Black Mental Health and the New Millennium: Historical and Current Perspective on Cultural Trauma and ‘Everyday’ Racism in White Mental Health Spaces — The Impact on the Psychological Well-being of Black Mental Health Professionals
Richard Majors
1
Structure of the Book
Karen Carberry
27
Part I: Race Relations
Chapter 1 Systemic Racism: Big, Black, Mad and Dangerous in the Criminal Justice System
Sharon Walker
41
Chapter 2 In the Name of Our Humanity: Challenging Academic Racism and its Effects on the Emotional Wellbeing of Women of Colour Professors
Philomena Essed and Karen Carberry
61
Chapter 3 Racial Battle Fatigue: The Long-term Effects of Racial Microaggressions on African American Boys and Men
William A. Smith, Rodalyn David and Glory S. Stanton
83
Chapter 4 Racism in Academia: (How to) Stay Black, Sane and Proud as the Doctoral Supervisory Relationship Implodes
Sharon Walker
93
Chapter 5 Implicit Provider Bias and its Implications for Black/African American Mental Health
Andra D. Rivers Johnson
113
Part II: Policy
Chapter 6 Thirty Years of Black History Month and Thirty Years of Overrepresentation in the Mental Health System
Patrick Vernon
137
Chapter 7 Race and Risk – Exploring UK Social Policy and the Development of Modern Mental Health Services
Patricia Clarke
149
Chapter 8 Remaining Mindful about Children and Young People
Mhemooda Malek and Simon Newitt
163
Part III: Interventions
Chapter 9 Cultural Competencies in Delivering Counselling and Psychotherapy Services to a Black Multicultural Population: Time for Change and Action
Nicholas Banks
181
Chapter 10 Social and Emotional Education and Emotional Wellness: A Cultural Competence Model for Black Boys and Teachers
Richard Majors, Llewellyn E. Simmons and Cornelius Ani
199
Chapter 11 ASD and Cultural Competence: An ASD Multicultural Treatment- Led Model
Mary Henderson and Richard Majors
239
Chapter 12 Moving Young Black Men Beyond Survival Mode: Protective Factors for Their Mental Health
Ivan Juzang
257
Chapter 13 African Americans and the Vocational Rehabilitation Service System in the United States: The Impact on Mental Health
Julie Vryhof and Fabricio E. Balcazar
275
Chapter 14 Targeted Intervention in Education and the Empowerment and Emotional Well-being of Black Boys
Cheron Byfield and Tony Talburt
293
Part IV: Theory and Practice
Chapter 15 Toward Positions of Spiritual Reflexivity as a Resource: Emerging Themes and Conversations for Systemic Practice, Leadership, and Supervision within Black Mental Health
Maureen Greaves
309
Chapter 16 ‘Marginal Leaders’: Making Visible the Leadership Experiences of Black Women in a Therapeutic Service for Disenfranchised Young People
Romana Farooq and Tânia Rodrigues
329
Chapter 17 Forty Years in the Wilderness: A Review of Systemic Barriers to Reducing the Over-representation of Black Men in the UK Psychiatric System
Gail Coleman-Oluwabusola
343
Chapter 18 Oppositional and Defiant Behaviours Among Black Boys in Schools: Techniques to Facilitate Change
Steve Clarke
361
Chapter 19 Black Therapists – White Families, Therapists’ Perceptions of Cultural Competence in Clinical Practice
Karen Carberry and Belinda Brooks-Gordon
379
Chapter 20 Transracial Adoption and Mental Health
Nicholas Banks
405
Chapter 21 Dementia and its Impact on Minority Ethnic and Migrant Communities
David Truswell
423
Chapter 22 Mental Health/Illness Revisited in People of African-Caribbean Heritage in Britain
Florence Gwendolyn Rose and Tony Leiba
441
Chapter 23 Researching African-Caribbean Mental Health in the UK: An Assets-based Approach to Developing Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses
Dawn Edge, Amy Degnan and Sonya Rafiq
455
Chapter 24 ‘Lone Wolf’ Case Study Considerations of Terrorist Radicalisation from the Black Experience
Nicholas Banks
471
Part V: Clinical Practice
Chapter 25 Spotlight on Sensory Processing Difficulties
Lisa Prior and Tiffany Howl
489
Chapter 26 Forced Marriage as a Representation of a Belief System in the UK and its Psychological Impact on Well-being
Doreen Robinson and Reenee Singh
505
Chapter 27 Systemic Family Therapy with Transgenerational Communities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Karen Carberry, Jean Gerald Lafleur and Genel Jean-Claude
527
Chapter 28 Engaging with Racialized Process in Clinical Supervision: Political or Personal
Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga
557
Part VI: Recommendations
Chapter 29 Recommendations
Patrick Vernon
571
Glossary575
Index577

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