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Mental health issues affect many people in all cultures. The Library has many books in
English and Spanish about such topics as depression, schizophrenia, eating
disorders, anxiety and more. In addition the Library has collected
materials that focus on mental health in a diverse culture. Here is a selected list of books for
consumers, caregivers, loved ones and parents. For
additional information click on
catalog
to search for other related items in our Library using
such terms as: mental illness, depression, transcultural psychiatry, or
ethnopsychology.
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Intercultural therapy: themes, interpretations
and practice / edited by Jafar Kareem and
Roland Littlewood.
RC455.4.E8 I55 |
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Mental health, race, and culture /
Suman Fernando.
RC455.4.E8 F468
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Culture and family: problems and therapy /
Wen-Shing Tseng and Jing
Hsu.
RC488.5 .T79 |
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Between cultures: developing self-identity in a
world of diversity / H. Ned Seelye and
Jacqueline Howell Wasilewski.
HM276 .S44 1996 |
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Cultures of healing: correcting the image of
American mental health care /
Robert T. Fancher.
RC437.5 .F335 |
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La depresión: su causa y remedio /
Mariano
Gonzalez Ramírez.
RC537 .G66 2003 |
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Anorexia y bulimia : todo lo que necesita saber
sobre los trastornos de la alimentación /
Alejandra Gáfaro
Reyes, con la asesoría de Juanita Gempeler.
RC552.E18 G34 2001
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Community Residential Organizations -
Clinics,
Hospitals and Associations
Cedarcrest Hospital
Blue Hills Substance Abuse Services
500 Vine St Fl 1
Hartford, CT 06112-1639
Phone: (860) 293-6400
Chrysalis Center
278 Farmington Ave
Hartford, CT 06105-3403
Phone: (860) 525-1261
My Sister's Place II
102 Pliny St
Hartford, CT 06120-2340
Phone: (860) 549-1634
Hartford Behavioral Health
2550 Main St.
Hartford, CT 06120
(860)548-0101 Voice
This community mental
health center provides counseling and outpatient psychiatric
services for children and adults, as well as outreach to homeless
shelters to help shelter residents access services. The Family
Treatment Unit provides family counseling and intensive case
management to children and adolescents referred by the Dept. of
Children and Families, and Smith Family Services provides
counseling, family recreational activities and tutoring at its Stowe
Village office.
State of Connecticut
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
Capitol Region Mental Health Center
500 Vine Street
Hartford, CT 06112
860-297-0800
The center provides a
wide range of services including issues of gambling, HIV/AIDS,
suicide resources, women's services and more. It is operated by the
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Office of
Multicultural Affairs is a part of DMHAS and works to recognizes
the impact of cultural differences on the individual and strives to
provide quality services to all.
30 Jordan
Lane,
Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-882-0236 Fax 860-882-0240
toll free in CT 1-800-842-1501 out of state 1-860-529-1970
The association is a state-wide non-profit organization. Their
philosophy is that all people have a right to be treated with
dignity and respect. The organization advocates for such
treatment for the individual and their families from providers.
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The Center for Multicultural
Human Services is a non-profit organization staffed by
multi-ethnic, multilingual social workers, psychologists,
psychiatrists, counselors, education specialists, art therapists and
graduate interns from local universities. CMHS offers a broad range
of mental health, social, educational, health and language services
geared to the unique values and characteristics of individuals and
families from diverse cultures. It has many
programs
for people who have suffered mental trauma either because of natural
disaster, illness or abuse.
National Mental Health Association
is the nation's oldest and largest mental health association. It
publishes a large collection of
fact
sheets for the public.
If you have a mental health emergency, please call
the National Hopeline Network at (800) 784-2433 immediately to reach
a 24 hour crisis center in your area.
The National Institute of Mental Health is a part of the National
Institutes of Health. It is a research institute that also
publishes
mental
health information for the general public.
The Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA's mission is to build resilience and facilitate
recovery for people with or at risk for substance abuse and mental
illness.
A number of
publications are available at no cost.
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The Hartford Public
Library offers electronic access to articles through its
iConn database service
for patrons of Connecticut libraries. You will need your library card to log
into the database from home or office. By using the
Health and Wellness Resource Center, you will find reliable
and current material in Reference works, magazines and
pamphlets. Use terms such as multi-cultural mental health, depression,
schizophrenia, or bi-polar disorder.
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The invisible disability: mental illness [videorecording] /
produced by Karen A. Kangas and Thomas Gugliotti.
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Depression [videorecording]: more than just the blues / Hartford
Hospital.
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Dead blue [videorecording]: surviving depression / produced by John
Parsons Peditto ; directed by Eames Yates.Video
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