When Oppression Is the Pathogen: The Participatory Development of Socially Just Mental Health Practice

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-168

  Smith, Laura ^a   Chambers, Debbie Ann ^a   Bratini, Lucinda ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

multicultural; poverty; psychotherapy; social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RACISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 66349100281     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015353     Document Type: Article

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