Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health [Paperback]

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.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
Mental Health of Black Adolescents - Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Implications for Policy and Practice
Ethnic Identity Development and Psychological Adjustment in Adolescence - Jean S Phinney, Bruce Lochner and Rodolfo Murphy
Psychocultural Factors Affecting the Mental Health Status of Mexican American Adolescents - John M Chavez and Collette E Roney
The Mental Health of Asian American Teenagers - William T Liu, Elena Yu, Ching-Fu Chang and Marilyn Fernandez
A Research Challenge
PART TWO: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR/VIOLENCE/DELINQUENCY
Violence and Minority Youth - Nora Gustavsson and Pallassana R Balgopal
An Ecological Perspective
In Pursuit of Affirmation - Cheryl L Thompson
The Antisocial Inner-City Adolescent
Hispanic Adolescents and Antisocial Behavior - Orlando Rodriguez and Luis H Zayas
Sociocultural Factors and Treatment Implications
PART THREE: SEXUALITY
High Risk Sexual Behavior Among Black Adolescents - Algea Harrison
Social Support and Teen Pregnancy in the Inner City - Brenda G McGowan and Amy Kohn
Black Teens Parenting in the Inner City - Sandra Y Lewis
Problems and Recommendations
Pregnant and Parenting Black Adolescents - William MarsigliolS4