Prejudice, Stigma, Privilege, and Oppression

This book addresses the ways in which clinical psychologists ought to conceptualize and respond to the prejudice and oppression that their clients experience. Thus, the link between prejudice and oppression to psychopathology is explored. Basic scientific information about prejudice is reviewed, and the current status of the major minority groups is explored. Chapters examine the role of prejudice and oppression in institutional structures such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and professional organizations. The discussion addresses ways to assess these phenomena in individual cases and how to intervene in psychotherapy. The book ventures to evaluate the status of the profession of psychology with respect to prejudice, stigmatization, and oppression by critically examining evidence that the profession has responded adequately to these social problems. These issues are hard to talk about and are not well talked about in the field. This book is a push in the right direction.

1 What is the current problem? An examination of the concepts and definitions of prejudice, privilege, stigma and oppression in the behavioral health professions. - 2 Prejudice, Power and Injustice: Problems in Academia. - 3 What is Modern Prejudice? . - 4 Prejudice, Stigma, Privilege, and Oppression Regarding African Americans. - 5 Predjudice Regarding Latinx-Americans. - 6 The Invisibility of Asian Americans in the United States: Impact on Mental and Physical Health. - 7 Prejudice, Stigma, and Oppression on the Behavioral Health of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. - 8 Disability--An integral Part of Being Human. - 9 Psychology s Prejudice Against The Military. - 10 Intersecting and Multiple Identities in Behavioral Health. - 11 Identifying and Remediating Personal Prejudice: What Does the Evidence Say? . - 12 Micro-aggressions, Stereotypes, and Social Stigmatization in the Lived Experiences of Socially Marginalized Patient/Clients: A Social Justice Perspective. - 13 Bias in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 and Psychopathology. - 15 Discrimination, prejudice, and oppression and the development of psychopathology. - 16 DSM Revisions and the `Western Conundrum . - 17 Preventing Prejudice and Promoting Intergroup Relations. - 18 Prejudice and the Ethical Code. - 19 Prejudice in the Health Care System: Remediation Strategies. - 20 Microaggressions, Marginalization and Stress: Issues of Identity, Place and Home for Minority Faculty in Academia. - 21 Microaggressions in Human Service Organizations. - 22 All You Have Gotten Is Tokenism. - 23 Ageism in Behavioral Health Care. - 24 Rural Prejudice-Urban Bias: The Stories and Structures that Oppress Rural Communities. - 25 Sociopolitical Values: The Neglected Factor in Culturally-Competent Psychotherapy. - 26 Calling a Cease Fire:Ending Psychology s Long Conflict with Religion.