Oppressed Conditions and the Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Black Women:

Copeland, Elaine J.

doi:10.1300/j015v01n01_03

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“…In evaluating the differential utilization rates of Black women as compared to white women and Black men, one must understand the social forces which influence their use of mental health services. These include inaccessible health care facilities, lack of health insurance, negative or ambivalent attitudes about mental health providers, and differential treatment within the mental health system (Copeland, 1982;Sue, 1988). For example, Russo and Olmedo (1983) found in their survey that minority women were less likely than white women to receive individual psychotherapy and more likely to receive drug therapy for their psychological problems.…”

Section: Help Seeking Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Primary prevention approaches to facilitate the development of psychological well-being and positive mental health among Black women must be embedded in the context of local Black community development and empowerment, with the goal of increasing Black women's opportunities for social and economic self-sufficiency (Allen & Britt, 1983;Bennett, 1987;Copeland, 1982).…”

Section: Primary Prevention and Early Intervention Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Community psychologists, in particular, should focus their research agendas on identifying the coping mechanisms and adaptive strategies of Black women, who have demonstrated their remarkable resiliency in the face of generations of persistent poverty, discrimination, and lack of social and economic resources (Allen, 1981;Copeland, 1982;Farley, 1988).…”

Section: Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mental health and well‐being of black women: Toward strategies of empowerment

Gibbs

Fuery

1994

American J of Comm Psychol

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This review of the literature on Black women's mental health has three goals: 1) to describe the mental health issues, needs, and adaptive behaviors of Black women; 2) to discuss the research, intervention, and public policy efforts of mental health professionals and Black women's groups to address the multiple needs of this population; and 3) to identify effective strategies by which community psychologists can improve the mental health status of Black women through efforts to reduce their environmental stressors, to increase their resources and access to services, and to facilitate their empowerment in American society. The authors propose a number of recommendations to improve Black women's mental health, including changes in research paradigms, changes in education and training programs, and the development of culturally competent service delivery systems.

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Section: Help Seeking Patternsmentioning

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Section: Primary Prevention and Early Intervention Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Research Issuesmentioning

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Mental health and well‐being of black women: Toward strategies of empowerment

Gibbs

Fuery

1994

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…The lecture on racism includes assigned readings by Brand (1984), Copeland (1982), Henry and Ginzberg (1985), and Lorde (1984) and begins with a full class discussion of the definitions of racism-overt, covert, individual, and structural. In line with Lorde's (1984, p. 115) argument that &dquo;too often we pour ... energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those differences are insurmountable barriers, or that they do not exist at all,&dquo; the students must confront how &dquo;differences&dquo; are ignored and the ways in which each of us is racist.…”

Section: Group Exercisementioning

confidence: 99%