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Cultural Competency | Self-Help/Peer Support | Culturally Specific Mental Health Resources | Other Topics

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Cultural Competency

Self-Help/Peer Support

African American Experiences of Self-Help
STAR Center Teleconference, August 4, 2004, 3:00 pm ET

African American Fact Sheet [PDF]
by STAR Center

Souls of Black Men: African American Men Discuss Mental Health [PDF]
by The Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Inc.

Consumer Partnership Platform for Change [PDF]
by NAMI Consumer Council

Annotated Biblography on Consumer-Operated Services
by Sommers, D., Campbell, J., and Rittenhouse, T. (1999)

Emerging New Practices in Organized Peer Support [PDF]
by Jean Campbell, Ph.D. and Judy Leaver, M.A.

10 Keys to Recover from Schizophrenia [PDF]
by the University of California at Los Angeles

Some Factors that May Support Recovery [PDF]
by Sandra G. Bodman, Washington Post (2002)

Words that Can Help [PDF]
by Mary Ellen Copeland & Ed Anthens, Mental Health Recovery Newsletter, (2002)

New Federal Perspective: Recovery, Now! [PDF]
by Kathryn Power & Ronald W. Mandersheid, Ph.D., (2005)


Mental Health Recovery Newsletter Volume 7.2
by the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery, (July 2006)

Major Depressive Episode Among Adults (National Static's)
by SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies

Culturally Specific Mental Health Resources

The organizations listed below provide culturally appropriate information to respond to the mental health needs of ethnic and minority populations.

AAFS (African American Family Services)
Minneapolis, MN

ABP (Association of Black Psychologists)
Washington, DC

MHP (Minority Health Professions Foundation)
Altanta, GA

NBWHP (National Black Women's Health Project, Inc.)
Altanta, GA

CCHCP (Cross Cultural Health Care Program)
Seattle, WA



Other Topics

African-American Mental Health: Persistent Questions and Paradoxical Findings [PDF]
by David R. Williams