Mental Health of Ethnic Minorities

FELICISIMA C. SERAFICA is Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University. Her specialty fields are clinical child psychology and developmental psychology. She is coauthor of Psychodynamics in a Philippine Setting and editor of Social Development in Context.ANDREW I. SCHWEBEL, Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University, has co-authored several books, most recently, Personal Adjustment Text.RICHARD K. RUSSELL is Associate Professor and current chair of the Affirmative Action Committee in the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University. A counseling psychologist, he has edited books and published extensively on the topics of the treatment of anxiety and counseling supervision.PAUL D. ISAAC, Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Ohio State University. His specialty field is quantitative psychology. His recent articles deal with recruitment, admission, and retention of ethnic minorities in higher education.LINDA B. MYERS, Associate Professor of Black Studies & Psychology at Ohio State University, is the author of Understanding an Afrocentric World View: Introduction to an Optimal Psychology.This volume's editors are Professors at Ohio State University. They have written and edited several previous volumes on Mental Health issues relating to ethnic minorities.

• Preface Mental Health Problems and Perspectives of Ethnic Minorities Introduction by Linda B. Myers Social Network Analysis as Mental Health Intervention with African-American Adolescents by Deborah L. Coates Psychosocial Stress, Coping, and Development of Hispanic Immigrant Children by Luis M. Laosa Asian/Pacific American Mental Health: Some Needed Research in Epidemiology and Service Utilization by Stephen S. Fugita Advances in Assessment Introduction by Andrew I. Schwebel Understanding the Black/White Student Gap on Measures of Quantitative Reasoning by Lloyd Bond Increasing the Interpretative Validity and Diagnostic Utility of Hispanic Children's Scores on Tests of Achievement and Intelligence by Ernesto M. Bernal Assessment of Asian Americans for Family Therapyy by Rebecca del Carmen Advances in Treatment Introduction by Richard K. Russell Three Perspectives in Counseling and Psychotherapy with Visible Racial/Ethnic Groups by Janet E. Helms Stress and Stress-Related Disorders in Hispanics: Biobehavioral Approaches to Treatment by Guillermo A. Argueta-Bernal Counseling Asian-American Parents: A Cultural-Development Approach by Felicisima C. Serafica University, Professional Association, and Government Roles in Promoting Ethnic Minority Mental Health Introduction by Paul D. Isaac Ethnic Minority Mental Health Training: Trends and Issues by Martha E. Bernal Ethnic Minority Mental Health: Contributions and Future Directions of the American Psychological Association by Lillian Comas-Diaz Federal Initiatives in Support of Mental Health Research on Ethnic Minorities by Delores L. Parron Concluding Comments by Andrew I. Schwebel Indexes