The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health
Richard Majors
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, USA
Karen Carberry
Orri, UK
Theodore Ransaw
Michigan State University, USA
Richard Majors
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, USA
Karen Carberry
Orri, UK
Theodore Ransaw
Michigan State University, USA
Product Details
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781839099656
- Published:
- 08 Jun 2020
- Publisher:
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Dimensions:
- 640 pages - 152 x 229mm
Categories:
Karen Carberry, MSc, Dip.Psych. is a Black British Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, Consultant Family Therapist of Orri - Specialist Day Treatment for Eating Disorders, AFT Registered Systemic Supervisor and a Fellow of the Asian Academy of Family Therapy (AAFT). Karen gained her Master's Degree from the Institute of Family Therapy in London and Birkbeck College, University of London. In addition to her clinical inpatient work in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) and adult psychiatry, Karen has managed several family centres and contact centres for divorced/estranged parents and their children. Karen also has extensive clinical specialism in working with all parties affected by adoption. As a practitioner-scholar, she has been involved in a variety of academic activities both nationally and internationally, and written book reviews for various publishers. Karen has presented papers, lectures and conducted a number of masterclasses/seminars in the UK, Jamaica, Indonesia, Haiti, Singapore, and the Dominican Republic amongst other countries.
Dr. Theodore S. Ransaw received his Bachelor’s as well as Master’s Degrees in Communication Studies and his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His Doctorate is in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Multicultural and International Education. Currently he is a K-12 Outreach Specialist in the College of Education at Michigan State University and Core Faculty in African and African American Studies, also at MSU. His research centers on cognition of identity and schooling. He looks at what fathers do to help their children get ahead in school, the relationship between Black male identity and educational outcomes, and the role student identity plays in education. He also served as a director of four mentorship programs at three at-risk schools and as an achievement gap specialist for males of color. Dr.Ransaw is a certified education coach, and education consultant. He is also a co-editor of the Handbook of Research on Black Males, and the author of the Art of Being Cool: The Pursuit of Black Masculinity.
As far as I am aware this is the first publication of its kind on the experiences and provision of services to the BME community. This in itself is something of a sad statement to make in 2020 after many years of campaigning, analysis, research and policy intervention (I know I have been involved in many of them over the years )we have yet to produce a publication specifically on the issues pertaining to BME mental health. For producing this work the editors should be congratulated. The challenges within these pages are not only for members of the BME community to read, reflect and act. This book is essential reading for any Mental Health practitioner who wishes to understand and practice in system which is beneficial to all regardless of race. - Lord Victor O. Adebowale, CBE, Turning Point