This assignment requires that five (5) steps be completed. Follow directions and complete all the steps to ensure you get the best grade possible.
STEP 1: Watch the webinar from the link under the assignment:
How Culture and Race Can Impact Identifying and Treating Mental Health Conditions with Dr. Charmain Jackman and Dr. Gary Carrington
STEP 2: Answer the following questions about the video:
What are some reasons given for why people of color are not accessing treatment when they have a mental health disorder? (Name 2)
What is decolonizing therapy about?
What is the idea of Weathering about?
What are some effects of chronic stress on the body? (Name 15)
What are some specific risk factors to black women? (Name 4)
What is emotional inheritance?
What are some Barriers to getting help? (Name 7)
What are some questions a therapist should ask a client to learn about physical symptoms and other stressors a client may be experiencing? (Name 7)
What are some things that work to remove these barriers and this treatment gap? (Name 7)
What are some mental health facts shared in the video? (Name 3)
What are some statistics mentioned of the prevalence of mental health conditions as they relate to race? (Name 5)
What does this say about how persons of color are represented in the field of mental health?
How does the utilization of services relate to the representation for people of color?
What are some barriers to accessing mental health as mentioned by Dr. Gary Carrington? (Name 8)
What are some symptoms of racial trauma that can mimic other disorders like PTSD? (Name 6)
What are some Social Determinant of Health mentioned? (Name 8)
What are some Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression that Dr. Gary Carrington mentions? (Name 8 for each)
What are some ways to engage men of color? (Name 4)
What are a few examples of micro-aggressions talked about in the question and answer section? (Name 5)
STEP 3: Read the Case Studies in the file that follows named “Case Studies”
STEP 4: Write a one- to two-page essay response to the following:
Why is it important to have cultural competency as a therapist?
Describe the challenge of defining mental health, psychological disorders, and treatment methods in various countries. (Hint: review and relate back to the case studies)
Identify the impact of socio-cultural perceptions on individuals with psychological disorders.
STEP 5: Submit your responses to the questions and essay response in PDF format on Moodle before the due date
***VIDEO POSTED ABOVE, CASE STUDY ATTACHED TO FILES***
