Discuss the healing practices of African Americans as reported in a U.S. DHHS (2001) report on mental health.
What will be an ideal response?
African Americans tend to take an “active approach” to facing personal problems, rather than avoiding them. They are less likely than Whites to use professional mental health services. They are more likely than Whites to use spirituality to cope with hardship and mental health symptoms. They prefer therapists of the same race or ethnicity. They prefer counseling to drug therapy.
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A. humanistic perspective B. psychodynamic perspective C. developmental perspective D. systems perspective
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a. are not covered under the Ethics Code b. are covered by some standards under the Ethics Code c. are covered by multiple standards in the Ethics Code d. are covered by one standard in the Ethics Code
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a. always zero. b. typically zero c. only zero if the distribution is normal. d. Impossible to decide.
The direct use of power is
a. Within interpersonal interactions b. Through group norms and values c. Through top-down authoritarian directives d. Among members of the top tier in an organization or group