The focus group of this paper is African American (Black) Men
3 peer reviewed scholarly articles
Select a minimum of three peer reviewed scholarly journal articles that discuss the interplay between one culture or ethnicity or religion or sexual orientation or gender expression/ gender or age etc. on a diagnosis of a mental illness and the view of mental health treatment. Discuss how this interplay may affect seeking treatment, perceptions of treating professionals regarding understanding the symptoms of mental illness including access and challenges of securing acceptance and support from family/friends. In summary, what does research say about how this population views a diagnosis of mental illness as well as seeking mental health treatment.
Address your reactions to the articles and consider the following questions:
- Why did you pick this population to research? What are your personal responses to the authors construction of how the “interplay” effects the reception and the methods of treatment this population may receive?
- Using approaches to understanding the intersections of culture and mental illness in class, discuss how the author’s experience, idioms of distress, and efforts to accept or resist labeling and treatment reflect cultural values, folkways, and attitudes about psychological suffering. Also discuss how this author’s experience may differ from your cultural values, folkways, etc.
- How does gender, race, class, historical context etc. influence the experience of this population?
- What stands out to you as especially significant, helpful, and not helpful? What is missing? What are the challenges for this population in relationship to the article and how well were these challenges managed? Were recommendations presented? If so what were they?
- You will present a brief overview of your findings in our Zoom class on the date the assignment is due.
Not sure if these will help however these are the required text for this course
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th edition, American Psychiatric Association.
- DSM-5 Clinical Cases, John W. Barnhill, M.D.,2013.
- Social Work Desk Reference, Albert R. Roberts, Oxford Press 2015.
Possible helpful websites, also I don’t know if these relate to the paper but I wanted to place these here for possible assistance.
For article downloads
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