Health Systems Issues and the Underserved / Gordon I. Herz, Charles Gaba -- Delivering Psychological Services to Military Members / K.C. Kalmbach, Bret A. Moore -- Delivering Mental Health Assistance in the Wake of Natural and Manmade Disasters / Alec Cecil -- Serving the Underserved: Delivering Culturally Appropriate Psychotherapy to Racial and Ethnic Minorities / Changming Duan -- Bringing Psychotherapy to People Living in Poverty / Linda F. Campbell, Emily M. Selby-Nelson -- Out of the Shadows: Improving Health Care for Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse Individuals / Douglas C. Haldeman -- Delivering Psychological Services to Religious and Spiritual Clients / Gina Magyar-Russell -- Delivering Psychological Services to Refugees Resettled in the United States / Johanna E. Nilsson, Sally Stratmann, Aurora Molitoris, Marcella A. Beaumont, Jessica Horine -- Bringing Psychotherapy to Immigrants / Hamid Mirsalimi -- Providing Psychotherapy in Rural Areas / Tracy J. Cohn, Pei-Chun Tsai -- Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Underserved Latin Americans / Héctor Fernández-Álvarez, Maria del Pilar Grazioso, Diana Kirszman, Meri Lubina, Rodney Goodyear -- Delivering Mental Health Services to Children and Adolescents / Ric G. Steele -- Psychotherapy with the Underserved Older Adult Population / Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Bruna Martins -- Psychotherapy for Developmental Disabilities / Jonathan M. Campbell, Angela Scarpa -- Ethics Issues and Challenges When Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved / Jeffrey E. Barnett -- From Exploratory to Experimental: Matching Method to Need in Research with Underserved Populations / Elizabeth Nutt Williams.
Summary:
"Providing psychotherapy services to the underserved is a significant problem with far reaching consequences. This book brings together discussions of multiple groups of underserved, some of whom are generally neglected by much of the literature. This book is designed to help mental health professionals who provide psychotherapy increase their awareness of the key issues related to many different peoples. Zimmerman, Barnett and Campbell bring together contributors who focus on many underserved communities, in their many different forms, both within and outside the United States. This wide-ranging discussion of the issues of many underserved peoples has chapters written by experts in their respective fields, offering their thoughts and very practical advice. The first four sections of the book focus on systemic factors, discrimination, people in transition and people who are often overlooked or are "invisible". Each of these chapters follows the same format to bring you a more consistent reading experience. The authors begin by discussing the scope and offer a description of the problem area they are addressing. They then discuss barriers to service delivery, how to create or improve cultural competence, and effective strategies and empirically-supported treatments for best meeting the treatment needs of this population. They conclude by discussing future steps. The fifth section addresses other challenges related to ethics and research. Overall, whether you read this book cover-to-cover, or pick individual chapters that are of particular relevance or interest, Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved is a valuable resource for you as you strive to approach underserved communities in socially responsible, culturally sensitive, ethical, and effective ways"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.