Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impacts, Disparities, and Interventions

This book provides a comprehensive clinical approach to understanding and addressing racial trauma experienced by Black men. It offers a Unified Theory of Racism, Integrated Model of Racial Trauma, Transgenerational Trauma Points, Plantation Politics, Black Male Negation, and Race-Based Shame to equip mental health professionals to be culturally responsive in their work with Black men.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the realm of racial trauma, offering a clinical perspective that empowers mental health professionals across various disciplines to be culturally responsive when serving Black men. Written with a transdisciplinary approach, Yamonte Cooper presents a Unified Theory of Racism (UTR), Integrated Model of Racial Trauma (IMRT), Transgenerational Trauma Points (TTP), Plantation Politics, Black Male Negation (BMN), and Race-Based Shame (RBS) to address a critical and pressing gap in the mental health field and emerging scholarship on racial trauma.

The chapters commence by providing precise definitions of racism, followed by an in-depth exploration of the unique challenges faced by Black men, including racial discrimination, health disparities, trauma, criminalization, economic deprivation, anti-Black misandry, and culturally-specific stressors. The book then delves into the emotional experiences of Black men, such as shame and anger, and the coping mechanisms they employ to navigate these challenges.

By comprehensively articulating the racial trauma experienced by Black men, the book provides valuable insights into what responsive care entails and clinical interventions that can inform treatment approaches. This book is an essential resource for all established and training mental health clinicians who work with Black men, including psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, counselors, and psychiatrists.

Weight: 452g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032554112