Racial trauma: Theory, research, and healing: Introduction to the special issue

American Psychologist

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-5

  Comas Díaz, Lillian ^a   Hall, Gordon Nagayama ^b   Neville, Helen A ^c  

^a Transcultural Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical trauma; Microaggressions; People of Color and Indigenous individuals (POCI); Race based stress; Racial trauma

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; RACISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HISTORICAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RACISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85060012514     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/amp0000442     Document Type: Article

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