BookNicholas Grier.
Summary: As mental health is a critical but often neglected issue, especially among Black men, this book examines that sensitive topic in conjunction with reflections on race, gender, sexuality, and class to offer a hopeful and constructive framework for care and counseling and to point the way forward to integrating mental and spiritual health.
Contents:
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction
Part I: Understanding Context
1. Chronically Dissed
2. Breathing Racism's, Sexism's, and Classism's Toxic Air
3. The Urgency for Men to Embody Empathy and Support for Women
4. Intertwined Worlds in the Mind
Part II: A Hope to Keep Going Framework for Care and Counseling
5. Spiritual Hope
6. A Hope to Keep Going Model of Change
7. A Hope to Keep Going Model of Change; Conclusion
Appendix A: Vignettes
Appendix B: Individual Interview Questions
Appendix C: Research Participants
References; Index; About the Author.