Reinforcing and challenging whiteness through crisis communication: Proposing a discourse of community repair

Ashby-King, Drew T.; Aragón, Ashley

doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2021.102139

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“…Although it provides some of the basics around mental health, it also perpetuates individualism to a certain extent” (C24). Indeed, individualism (a social perception emphasizing independence and self-reliance; Realo et al, 2002) is part of the ethos of Whiteness (Ashby-King et al, 2023) and negatively impacts well-being at the individual and collective levels. Instead of approaching mental health from the individual level, Fellows proposed group-level interventions.…”

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Mental Health First Aid for Black Populations: Recommendations From the Neighborhood Healers Project

Malone,

Cannon,

Wright

et al. 2024

The Counseling Psychologist

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Community-based participatory action research can facilitate counseling psychologists’ engagement in social justice to benefit Black people’s mental health. One way to improve Black mental health is to equip credible and trustworthy community members with mental health knowledge and skills to support other community members experiencing mental health challenges. This study presents the Neighborhood Healers Project—a community-based participatory action research project that trains Black adults (Neighborhood Healers Fellows) in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). During the inaugural 12-month fellowship year, we collected longitudinal qualitative data from N = 20 Fellows on the relevance of MHFA to Black people. In this paper, we examined their responses using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings included two themes with affiliated subthemes: (a) Liberatory Paradigm Shift and (b) For Us By Us: Culturally Relevant Curriculum. We conclude with implications for counseling psychologists.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%