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Title Appalachian Americans : issues and concerns for counseling and psychotherapy / Daya Singh Sandhu, Jeffrey Parsons and Quentin Hunter, editors.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 382 pages) : illustrations, color maps.
Series Cultural studies in the third millennium
Psychology research progress
Cultural studies in the third millennium.
Psychology research progress series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Appalachian Americans: Issues and Concerns for Counseling and Psychotherapy, an edited book, by Drs. Daya Singh Sandhu, Jeffrey Parsons, and Quentin Hunter, has recently made debut in the fields of multicultural and cross-cultural scholarship and practice as sui generis, a unique book of its kind in many ways. This is perhaps one of the few books that brings counseling needs and mental health problems of the Appalachian people at the forefront for the first time. Generally, Appalachian Americans have been neglected, overlooked, or just forgotten in the past. Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when culturally different, racially diverse, and people of color started getting attention as an integral part of the American society, multiculturalism became one of the major research interests of social scientists. As a result, most of the multicultural scholarship focused on the cultural identity, cultural worldviews, cultural values of five major racial groups which included, European Americans, African Americans, Latina/Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. Appalachian Americans: Issues and Concerns for Counseling and Psychotherapy is very different, unique, and distinct from most of the previous multicultural publications. This book is not based on the racial or cultural identity of the Appalachian people, it is distinctly based on the issues relating to social marginalization, economic and social injustices, and inequities. It focuses much of its attention on the impact of the oppression and social marginalization on Appalachian people's lives. In its very first and rare attempt, this powerful book explores and discusses the effects of geography on the personality and special rules for living on the Appalachian Americans. Appalachian trails, also called trails of tears, have been sadly neglected by the multicultural scholarship and institutions of higher learning. While people in the other parts of the country enjoy beautiful sceneries of mountains and their ranges, but people from Appalachia living on the same mountains call their challenges of life as mountains of problems. The contributors of this book are commended for opening new vistas and visions for the Appalachian people to tread proudly and fearlessly on many unbeaten paths of their lives without worrying about becoming prisoners of mountains. More than ethnic, cultural, and racial conflicts, Appalachian people face more economical and environmental racism and discriminations mostly caused by the big corporations who are hungry for coal from the Appalachia. Many authors have discussed issues relating to social, psychological, and environmental needs of the Appalachian people and offered strategies of social justice and advocacy to deal with poverty, injustices, and social marginalization that is so prevalent in the Appalachian Land. The aim of this textbook is to address the mental health problems and counseling needs of the Appalachian people and it is indispensable for mental health professionals, professional counselors, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and all other people interested in the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the Appalachian people. I hope it will adorn your home library soon"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Foreword A -- Foreword B -- Preface -- A Summary of Dr. West-Olatunji's Perceptions and Perspectives -- Inspirations for This book -- This Book as Sui Generis: One of Its Own Kind of Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: Appalachian Americans: Some Cultural Perspectives -- Section II: Appalachian Americans: Counseling for Some Special Issues and Concerns -- Section III: Appalachian Americans: Families, Gender, and Sexual Issues and Considerations
Section IV: Appalachian Americans and Substance Use Disorders (A Special Contribution) -- Section V: Appalachian Americans: From Perspectives of Multiculturalism -- Section I: Appalachian Americans: Some Cultural Perspectives -- Chapter 1 -- Appalachian Americans: The Invisible Minority -- Appalachian Geography and Culture -- Economic Oppression and Poverty -- Poverty and Mental Health -- An Ecological Systems Approach to Appalachian Development -- The Microsystem -- The Mesosystem -- The Exosystem -- The Macrosystem
Applying the Ecological Systems Approach with Appalachian American College Students -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Appalachian Americans' Collectivist Values: Implications for Counseling -- What is Collectivism and Individualism? -- Intra-Cultural Differences -- Appalachian American Values -- Implications for Counseling -- Familism -- Self-Concept -- Attributions -- Gender -- Self-Reliance and Reluctance to Seek Help -- Degree of Identity -- Symptomatology and Misdiagnosis -- Counselor Orientation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3
Reckoning Appalachia: Considerations for Culturally Competent Counseling in an Appalachian Context -- Defining Appalachia -- What Does It Mean to Be Appalachian? -- Rural Appalachia -- Urban Appalachia -- Implications for Counseling and Psychotherapy -- Conclusion -- References -- Websites -- Chapter 4 -- Value Systems and Mental Health Awareness in Appalachia: A Cultural Exploration of Wellness and Quality of Life -- Appalachian Value Systems -- Meaning-Making in Appalachian Culture -- Wellness and Mental Health Seeking Behavior in Appalachia -- Quality of Life
Implications for Counseling Treatment -- The Appalachian Client vs. the Individual Client -- Strength-Based Assessment -- Counseling Needs -- Stigma of Mental Illness -- Education -- Work -- Creativity: Considerations for Treatment -- Conclusion -- References -- Section II: Appalachian Americans: Counseling for Some Special Issues and Concerns -- Chapter 5 -- Implications for Complicated Grief in Appalachia -- Case Histories -- Case History 1 -- Case History 2 -- Case History Summary -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6
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Subject Appalachians (People) -- Social conditions.
Appalachians (People) -- Counseling of.
Appalachians (People) -- Mental health.
Appalachian Region -- Social conditions.
Appalachians (People) -- Social conditions
Social conditions
Appalachian Region
Added Author Sandhu, Daya Singh, 1943- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Appalachian Americans New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2019] 9781536165425 (DLC) 2019045646
ISBN 9781536165432 electronic book
1536165433 electronic book
9781536165425 hardcover
1536165425 hardcover