Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth

Part I. Mental Illness in African American Youth

1. The Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in African American Children and Adolescents
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Shervin Assari, Alfiee M. Breland-Noble

2. Culturally Relevant Diagnosis and Assessment of Mental Illness
Erlanger A. Turner, Catherine J. Mills

Part II. Treatment Modalities

3. Pharmacotherapy
Cheryl S. Al-Mateen, Sandra J. Mullen, Jessica K. Malloy

4. Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Monnica T. Williams, L. Kevin Chapman, Erica V. Buckner, Elishia L. Durrett

5. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy
Rongrong Tao, My K. Banh

6. Mindfulness-Based Therapies
Carisa Perry-Parrish, Nikeea Copeland-Linder, Lindsey Webb, Erica M. S. Sibinga

7. Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization
Kenneth M. Rogers, Cheryl S. Al-Mateen

8. Community Approaches to Promoting Positive Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being
Faye Z. Belgrave, Brittany M. Berry

Part III. Treatments

9. Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Phillippe B. Cunningham, Jeff Randall, Stacy R. Ryan, Beata DaNine Fleming

10. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Ryan C. T. DeLapp, Monnica T. Williams, Darlene M. Davis, Broderick A. Sawyer

11. Depressive Disorders
Alfiee M. Breland-Noble

12. Eating Disorders
Regine M. Talleyrand

13. Substance Use
Sharon F. Lambert, Cheryl Anne Boyce

14. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Broderick A. Sawyer, Monnica T. Williams, Ryan C. T. DeLapp, Darlene M. Davis

15. Schizophrenia
Sala Webb

16. Learning Disabilities
Scott L. Graves, Kayla D. Nichols

17. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Donald P. Oswald, Shannon M. Haworth

18. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Heather A. Jones, Annie E. Rabinovitch, Laura D. Eddy, Stephanie A. Wilson

Part IV. Future Directions

19. The Way Ahead
Cheryl S. Al-Mateen, Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, Nirbhay N. Singh

Keywords: Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Public Health, Family