Black Families In Crisis

First published in 1989. The idea for this volume grew out of discussions held by a group of Black psychiatrists based in Washington, D.C., and the responses of a number of colleagues who attended a symposium, Black Families in Crisis, at Howard University Medical Center in November 1985.

Alice F. Coner-EdwardsD.S.W., Jeanne SpurlockM.D.,

Chapter 1 The Black Middle Class: Definition and Demographics, Alice F. Coner-Edwards, Henry E. Edwards; Part I The World of Work, Jeanne Spurlock; Chapter 2 Blacks in Policy-Making Positions, Richard G.DudleyJr.; Chapter 3 Stress in the Workplace, Chester M. Pierce; Part II Male-Female Relationships, Jeanne Spurlock; Chapter 4 Mate Selection and Psychological Need, Alice F. Coner-Edwards; Chapter 5 Male-Female Relationships: The Woman's Perspective, Jeanne Spurlock; Chapter 6 Male-Female Relationships: The Man's Perspective, Henry E. Edwards; Part III Parenting, Jeanne Spurlock; Chapter 7 Stresses in Parenting, Jeanne Spurlock, Martin B. Booth; Chapter 8 Adolescent Sexuality, Renee R. Jenkins; Chapter 9 Parenting of the Elderly, Audreye E. Johnson; Part IV Educational Issues, Alice F. Coner-Edwards; Chapter 10 Black Families: The Nurturing of Agency, Adelhert H. Jenkins; Chapter 11 Black Middle-Class Education in the 1980s, Jean Wheeler Smith; Chapter 12 The Role of the Mental Health Practitioner in Child Advocacy in the School System, Marilyn B. Benoit; Part V Health and Illness, Alice F. Coner-Edwards; Chapter 13 Physical Illnesses Presenting with Psychological Symptoms, Marilyn B. Benoit; Chapter 14 Identification of Responses to Emotional Stress, Frances E. Rankin; Chapter 15 Psychological Aspects of Some Major Physical Disorders: The Role of Physicians in Treatment, Clarion E. Johnson; Chapter 16 Psychosocial Issues in Sickle Cell Disease, Harry H. Wright, G. Phillips; Chapter 17 Psychological Responses to "Female Disorders": The Role of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Richard E. Smith, M. Jeanette Espy; Chapter 18 Substance Abuse: Impact on the Black Middle Class, Ronald B. Lonesome; Part VI Treatment, Alice F. Coner-Edwards; Chapter 19 Treatment with Black Middle-Class Families: A Systemic Perspective, Elaine B. Pinderhughes; Chapter 20 Relationship Issues and Treatment Dilemmas for Black Middle-Class Couples, Alice F. Coner-Edwards, Henry E. Edwards; Chapter 21 Dynamic Psychotherapy When Both Patient and Therapist Are Black, Henry E. Edwards; Chapter 22 Group Psychotherapy: An Alternate Form of Treatment, Way B. Cunningham, Henry E. Edwards; Chapter 23 Therapeutic Interventions with Troubled Children, Harry H. Wright;