[PDF] Black Men And Depression eBook

Author : John Head
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0307419304

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A first-of-its-kind exploration of black men and depression from an award-winning journalist. The first book to reveal the depths of black men’s buried mental and emotional pain, Standing in the Shadows weaves the author’s story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression with a cultural analysis of how the illness is perceived in the black community—and why nobody wants to talk about it. In mainstream society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men are suffering in silence or getting treatment only in the most extreme circumstances—in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, and prisons. The neglect of emotional disorders among men in the black community is nothing less than racial suicide. John Head’s explosive work, Standing in the Shadows, addresses what can be done to help those who need it most.In this groundbreaking book, veteran journalist and award-winning author John Head argues that the problem can be traced back to slavery, when it was believed that blacks were unable to feel inner pain because they had no psyche. This myth has damaged generations of African American men and their families and has created a society that blames black men for being violent and aggressive without considering that depression might be a root cause. The author also explores the roles of the black church, the black family, and the changing nature of black women in American culture as a way to understand how the black community may have unwittingly helped push the emotional disorders of African American men further underground. As daring and powerful as Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler, Standing in the Shadows challenges both the African American community and the psychiatric community to end the silent suffering of black men by taking responsibility for a problem that’s been ignored for far too long. Additionally, Standing in the Shadows gives women an understanding of depression that enables them to help black men mend their relationships, their families, and themselves.

Author : John Head
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 030751448X

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“A call to action shedding light on the issue of depression in black men and the barriers that prevent too many from seeking and receiving care.”—Rosalynn Carter, former U.S. First Lady, and chairperson, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force In mainstream society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men are suffering in silence or getting treatment only in extreme circumstances—in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, and prisons. The neglect of emotional disorders among men in the black community is nothing less than racial suicide. In this groundbreaking book, veteran journalist and award-winning author John Head argues that the problem can be traced back to the time of slavery, when it was believed that blacks were unable to feel inner pain because they had no psyche. This myth has damaged generations of African American men and their families, creating a society that blames black men for being violent and aggressive without considering that depression might be a root cause. Black Men and Depression challenges the African American community and the psychiatric community to end the suffering of black men, and address what can be done by loved ones to help those who need it most. Previously published as Standing in the Shadows

Author : Stress Less Press
Publisher :
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 2021-07-07
Category :
ISBN :

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Are you a Black man struggling with anxiety, depression or low mood? Are you ready to do the work? Then the Mental Health Mixtape is for you. Created specifically for Black men, this workbook uses a mix of psychological therapies including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and mindfulness to teach you how to process and express your emotions. Develop coping skills for when you're going through it, and self care tips to keep your mental health on track. With a variety of guided journaling and thought record exercises, you'll learn to identify, tackle, and challenge unhelpful thinking and practice how to affirm yourself using the self help strategies in this book. Goal setting, activity scheduling and behavior activation principles are also used to help you establish good habits and provide ample opportunity to put what you've learned into practice. For those looking for a deeper understanding of themselves, and to get to the heart of their issues, this book's got you covered. The workbook starts with you understanding yourself and getting to know who you are as a person, what drives you, and identifying areas that might be causing you to feel the way you do You'll then go onto developing healthy coping skills and unlearning the unhealthy ones The final part of the workbook will give you practical skills you can implement straight away At the back of the book you'll find resources for Black men that are available across the US, along with several templates so you can continue your mental health journey in the long term Pick up this book for the Brother's in your life that need to do the work!

Author : Rheeda Walker
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1684034167

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An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis—and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can’t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today’s world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. This breakthrough book will help you: Recognize mental and emotional health problems Understand the myriad ways in which these problems impact overall health and quality of life and relationships Develop psychological tools to neutralize ongoing stressors and live more fully Navigate a mental health care system that is unequal It’s past time to take Black mental health seriously. Whether you suffer yourself, have a loved one who needs help, or are a mental health professional working with the Black community, this book is an essential and much-needed resource.

Author : Ainsley Johnstone
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 29,91 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1742629377

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This is a specially formatted fixed layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book. Millions of people will suffer from depression at some stage in their life. When the Black Dog comes to live with them, it also moves in with their loved ones - who may not have the tools to help support the sufferer while looking after their own wellbeing. Living With A Black Dog is Matthew and Ainsley Johnstone's illustrated, must-have guide for the partners, family, friends and colleagues of depression sufferers. It includes practical advice about recognising the symptoms of depression in a loved one, living with a depressed person and helping them to tame their Black Dog. Matthew and Ainsley also provide tips on self-preservation for carers, so they don't come to adopt a Black Dog of their own. A companion book to I Had a Black Dog, Living With A Black Dog is a moving, thoughtful and often amusing guide for people living with someone who suffers from depression.

Author : Tracy Thompson
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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"Tracy Thompson was a well-regarded reporter for The Washington Post when, in 1989, she found herself in the terrifying, suicidal free-fall of a major depressive episode, the return of a Beast that had haunted her since her childhood in the traditionalist South." "She survived - but unlike countless writers before her, Thompson did not survive to write a book about "madness" or about twentieth-century victimization. Instead, like a good reporter, she kept notes and asked questions. The result is a lyrical yet dispassionate account of a lifelong battle to survive a mental illness. It chronicles her struggle to reclaim her career, her growing intellectual interest in depression, and her sobering realization of the toll her illness took on the people who loved her."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Terrence Real
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 1999-03-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0684865394

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A bestseller for over 20 years, I Don’t Want to Talk About It is a groundbreaking and hopeful guide to understanding and destigmatizing male depression, essential not only for men who may be suffering but for the people who love them. Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced psychotherapist Terrence Real that depression is a silent epidemic in men—that men hide their condition from family, friends, and themselves to avoid the stigma of depression’s “un-manliness.” Problems that we think of as typically male—difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, abusive behavior, and rage—are really attempts to escape depression. And these escape attempts only hurt the people men love and pass their condition on to their children. This groundbreaking book is the “pathway out of darkness” that these men and their families seek. Real reveals how men can unearth their pain, heal themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse. He mixes penetrating analysis with compelling tales of his patients and even his own experiences with depression as the son of a violent, depressed father and the father of two young sons.

Author : Stephanie Leigh Batiste
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 082234923X

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In an important contribution to African American film and performance history, Stephanie Batiste looks back at African American stage and screen productions of the 1930s.

Author : Jonathan M. Metzl
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0807085936

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A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very different civil rights history evolved at the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Ionia, Michigan. In The Protest Psychosis, psychiatrist and cultural critic Jonathan Metzl tells the shocking story of how schizophrenia became the diagnostic term overwhelmingly applied to African American protesters at Ionia—for political reasons as well as clinical ones. Expertly sifting through a vast array of cultural documents, Metzl shows how associations between schizophrenia and blackness emerged during the tumultuous decades of the 1960s and 1970s—and he provides a cautionary tale of how anxieties about race continue to impact doctor-patient interactions in our seemingly postracial America. This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the book with one of the two covers.