Mental health counselling in the Black American Church: reflections and recommendations from counsellors serving in a counselling ministry

The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between "The Black Church", the mental health needs of its members, and addressing those needs from the perspective of counsellors within the church. Four in-depth interviews were conducted with members of the mental health counselling...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Rosalyn Denise (Autor) ; Littleton, Tenesha (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
En: Mental health, religion & culture
Año: 2018, Volumen: 21, Número: 4, Páginas: 336-352
Otras palabras clave:B Service delivery
B African American mental health
B The Black Church
B mental health service use
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Sumario:The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between "The Black Church", the mental health needs of its members, and addressing those needs from the perspective of counsellors within the church. Four in-depth interviews were conducted with members of the mental health counselling team at one large, African American-serving church in the Midwest to explore their thoughts about their church pastor’s desire to expand their current ministry to a fully operating counselling centre. The findings suggest that "the Black Church" not only has a role and responsibility in addressing the mental health needs of African Americans within and outside of the church but can also use religiosity as a facilitator rather than a barrier to mental health service use among African Americans.
ISSN:1469-9737
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2018.1494704