Addressing the mental health needs of black American youth and families: A case study from the embrace intervention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Anderson, Riana E ^a   Jones, Shawn C T ^b   Navarro, Crystal C ^a   McKenny, Monique C ^c   Mehta, Tulsi J ^b   Stevenson, Howard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black families; Clinical intervention; Coping; Psychosocial outcomes; Racial socialization

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COPING STRATEGY; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACISM; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIALIZATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE REPORT; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046679475     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15050898     Document Type: Article

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