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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A guide to psychotherapy particularly focused on African Americans reassures potential patients about the advantages of seeking therapy and provides advice on finding a therapist, dealing with uncomfortable moments, and deciding when to end therapy. "--
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the brick...
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Language
English
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"It's time to reclaim your mental health. We can't deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. In addition, the effects of under-education, poverty, and systemic racism have greatly impacted African Americans' access to effective mental health treatment. It's time to take Black mental health seriously. It's time to heal our psychological distress, find community, and combat marginalization in order to thrive. So,...
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Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Pierce-Baker did everything right when raising her son, providing not only emotional support but the best education possible. At age twenty-five, he was pursuing a postgraduate degree and seemingly in control of his life. She never imagined her high-achieving son would wind up handcuffed, dirty, and in jail.
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people--and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects. Black people, young and old, are fatigued, says award-winning diversity and inclusion leader Mary-Frances Winters. It is physically, mentally, and emotionally draining to continue to experience...
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This practical guide features thirty-three mindfulness exercises centered on healing for the Black community, each focusing on the systemic challenges that people of color face and designed to deal with the emotions these experiences create."--
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Publisher
Lit Riot Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Therapy Isn't Just For White People is a brilliant debut memoir chronicling Imani's compelling journey to understand the racial trauma experienced by many Black people in America and the underlying effect it has on Black mental health. Through therapy, Imani was introduced to the concept of racial trauma, and discovered how her own unrecognized racial trauma affected her mental health, self-image, and worldview. Spanning more than twenty years, Imani...
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Publisher
Joy DeGruy Publications Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In the 16th century, the beginning of African enslavement in the Americas until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and emancipation in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse. Given such history, isn't it likely that many of the enslaved were severely traumatized? And did the trauma and the effects of such horrific...
11) Black pain: it just looks like we're not hurting : real talk for when there's nowhere to go but up
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
For thirty years, Terrie Williams hid a constant pain she couldn't identify, waking up in terror, overeating in search of relief, and neglecting herself to serve her high-profile clients' needs. Finally, she collapsed. Then she learned her problem had a name--depression--and that many suffered from it. This emotional pain, which uniquely and profoundly affects the Black experience, is at the root of desperate acts that threaten the community: crime,...
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