Abstract
Social justice perspectives have revealed the ways that racist, sexist, heterosexist and classist assumptions are embedded within conventional mental health theory and practice. Moreover, recent research has explored the pathogenic influence of structural oppression on the emotional well-being of people impacted by it. How can practitioners develop socially just interventions in keeping with these findings, especially with regard to their practice with clients from oppressed groups? In addressing this question, the authors propose the participatory development of socially just mental health practice and provide three examples of their community-based work. © 2009 American Psychological Association.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 159-168 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
(c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved.ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Psychology (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
Keywords
- multicultural
- poverty
- psychotherapy
- social justice
- Poverty
- Social Justice
- Community Mental Health Services/methods
- Humans
- Prejudice
- Community Participation
- Program Development
- Female
- Organizational Case Studies