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Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health

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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.
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
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