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Racism and Mental Health
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The authors defined racism as a social construct and reviewed some of the literature on racism and mental health, and used examples from the literature and the author's research on Black women and depression to point out Black women's experiences with racism in the mental health system.About:
This article is published in Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.The article was published on 2002-12-01. It has received 169 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Psychometrics of racism & Racism.read more
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Experiences of discrimination: Validity and reliability of a self-report measure for population health research on racism and health
TL;DR: The results underscore the need for using validated, multi-item measures of experiences of racial discrimination and suggest the EOD may be one such measure that can be validly employed with working class African Americans and Latino Americans.
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Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging.
TL;DR: It was found that older individuals with more positiveSelf-perceptions of aging, measured up to 23 years earlier, lived 7.5 years longer than those with less positive self-perceived aging, after age, gender, socioeconomic status, loneliness, and functional health were included as covariates.
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Asylum seekers and refugees in Britain: Health needs of asylum seekers and refugees
Angela Burnett,Michael Peel +1 more
TL;DR: Asylum seekers and refugees are not a homogeneous group of people, and have differing experiences and expectations of health and of health care Symptoms of psychological distress are common, but do not necessarily signify mental illness.
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Perceived Discrimination and Substance Use in African American Parents and Their Children: A Panel Study.
TL;DR: The relation between perceived racial discrimination and substance use was examined in a panel of 684 African American families, using the prototype-willingness model of adolescent health risk and effective parenting was associated with less willingness and intention to use.
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Workplace harassment: double jeopardy for minority women.
Jennifer L. Berdahl,Celia Moore +1 more
TL;DR: Data from employees at 5 organizations was used to test whether minority women are subject to double jeopardy at work, experiencing the most harassment because they are both women and members of a minority group.
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Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health
TL;DR: Findings underscore the need for research efforts to identify the complex ways in which economic and non-economic forms of discrimination relate to each other and combine with socio-economic position and other risk factors and resources to affect health.
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Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
TL;DR: It is made evident that the neuroscience of mental health-a term that encompasses studies extending from molecular events to psychological, behavioral, and societal phenomena-has emerged as one of the most exciting arenas of scientific activity and human inquiry.
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The prevalence, distribution, and mental health correlates of perceived discrimination in the United States.
TL;DR: Results show that perceived discrimination is common in the total population, and given its high prevalence, wide distribution, and strong associations with mental health, perceived discrimination needs to be treated much more seriously than in the past in future studies of stress and mental health.
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Black Looks: Race and Representation
TL;DR: In this article, the New Edition Introduction introduces the concept of "loving blackness as political resistance" and "reconstruction of black masculinity" in the context of political resistance.
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Understanding everyday racism : an interdisciplinary theory
TL;DR: In this article, a procedure for the assessment of racist events is described, along with real-life explanations of 'unfair treatment' and examples of real life accounts of racism.