Cultural Mistrust and Mental Health Services for African Americans

By A. Whaley. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Racial Microaggressions Against African American Clients in Cross-Racial Counseling Relationships (2007, background): “Nonetheless, the majority of mental health professionals in the United States are White, and issues of racial or cultural mistrust might lead some African Americans to have negative views of and expectations about the counseling process and about White mental health professionals in particular (Whal”
Social and Cultural Factors Influence African American Men’s Medical Help Seeking (2011, background): “…by Whaley (2002) shows attitudes of cultural mistrust of White-American society maintained by many African Americans is recognized and often misinterpreted as pathology by health professionals, thus yielding differential outcomes such as misdiagnosis of psychiatric problems (Whaley, 2001, 2002).”
A Meta-Study of Black Male Mental Health and Well-Being (2010, background): “…of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Corresponding Author: Daphne C. Watkins, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, 1080 South University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Email: daphnew@umich.edu 304 Journal of Black Psychology 36(3) 2001; Whaley, 2001).”
Africentric Cultural Values, Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Self-Concealment in African American College Students (2005, background): “Several explanations for the underutilization of mental health services by African Americans have been postulated, including racial-cultural factors (e.g., cultural mistrust; Terrell & Terrell, 1984; Whaley, 2001; and racial identity; Parham & Helms, 1981), service access barriers (e.”
Perceived Racism as a Predictor of Paranoia Among African Americans (2006, background): “Thus, it is possible that clinical paranoia and perceived racism are related, but this issue needs further examination (Gilvarry et al., 1999; Mirowsky, 1985; Whaley, 2001a).”
Cultural Mistrust, Academic Outcome Expectations, and Outcome Values among African American Adolescent Men (2005, background): “…to have more negative attitudes toward therapy with White clinicians and greater expectations of bias from the mental health system (Phelps, Taylor, & Gerard, 2001; Terrell, Daniloff, Garden, Flint-Shaw, & Flowers, 2001; Thompson, Nevelle, Weathers, Postin, & Atkinson, 1990; Whaley, 2001a, 2001b).”
Help-Seeking Attitudes, Mental Health Stigma, and Self-Concealment Among African American College Students (2012, background): “Data of 163 African Americans (n Female = 127; 78% female) were used for present analyses.”