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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.
List of contents
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 Marsiglio and John H Scanzoni
Theoretical and Policy Perspectives
PART FOUR: SUBSTANCES: USE AND ABUSE
Social Competence as a Framework for Addressing Ethnicity and Teenage Alcohol Problems - Edith M Freeman
The Role of Family Factors in the Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse Among High Risk Black Youth - Ura Jean Oyemade and Valora Washington
American Indian Adolescents - E Daniel Edwards and Margie Egbert-Edwards
Combating Problems of Substance Use and Abuse Through a Community Model
Hispanic Adolescents and Substance Abuse - Melvin Delgado
Implications for Research, Treatment, and Prevention
PART FIVE: SUICIDE
Suicidal Behavior Among Minority Youth in the United States - Karen F Wyche and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Suicide Among Black Adolescents and Young Adults - Essie Manuel Rutledge
A Rising Problem
Summary
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.
