1 What is the current problem? An examination of the concepts and definitions of prejudice, privilege, stigma and oppression in the behavioral health professions. 2 Prejudice, Power and Injustice: Problems in Academia3 What is Modern Prejudice? 4 Prejudice, Stigma, Privilege, and Oppression Regarding African Americans5 Predjudice Regarding Latinx-Americans6 The Invisibility of Asian Americans in the United States: Impact on Mental and Physical Health7 Prejudice, Stigma, and Oppression on the Behavioral Health of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders8 Disability--An integral Part of Being Human9 Psychology's Prejudice Against The Military10 Intersecting and Multiple Identities in Behavioral Health11 Identifying and Remediating Personal Prejudice: What Does the Evidence Say? 12 Micro-aggressions, Stereotypes, and Social Stigmatization in the Lived Experiences of Socially Marginalized Patient/Clients: A Social Justice Perspective13 Bias in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 and Psychopathology15 Discrimination, prejudice, and oppression and the development of psychopathology16 DSM Revisions and the 'Western Conundrum'17 Preventing Prejudice and Promoting Intergroup Relations18 Prejudice and the Ethical Code 19 Prejudice in the Health Care System: Remediation Strategies20 Microaggressions, Marginalization and Stress: Issues of Identity, Place and Home for Minority Faculty in Academia21 Microaggressions in Human Service Organizations 22 All You Have Gotten Is Tokenism 23 Ageism in Behavioral Health Care24 Rural Prejudice-Urban Bias: The Stories and Structures that Oppress Rural Communities25 Sociopolitical Values: The Neglected Factor in Culturally-Competent Psychotherapy 26 Calling a Cease Fire: Ending Psychology's Long Conflict with Religion
About the Author: Lorraine T. Benuto received her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2009 and completed an internship at the Veteran's Administration in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While Dr. Benuto's research is broadly focused on ethnic minority behavioral health, much of the work that she does is focused on interpersonal violence, trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress disorder. She is currently director of the DICE Center; and of three clinical service programs: La Cliníca VIVA, THRIVE, and SIERRA Families. The programs are focused on providing behavioral health services to Spanish-speaking Latinx community members, victims of interpersonal violence, and children who are at risk of abuse (respectively). She has delivered professional presentations at state, national, and international conferences on topics related to cultural competence.
Melanie Duckworth received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia. Currently she is an associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she is director of the Health Risk and Traumatic Injury Research Program. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses that address lifestyle health behaviors that contribute to chronic medical conditions and the role of the behavioral health specialist in improving medical outcomes in patients with multiple medical conditions.
Akihiko (Aki) Masuda is an associate professor of psychology at University of Hawaii at Manoa, with expertise in clinical behavior analysis, cultural consideration in behavioural health, and contextual behavioural science. He completed his doctoral studies in clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno and his pre-doctoral internship at the University of Texas Medical Science Center, Houston. His primary areas of interest include acceptance- and mindfulness-based therapies, diversity psychology, and mechanisms of change in behavioral interventions.
William O'Donohue is professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is director of the Victims of Crimes Treatment Center a clinic supported by the National Institute of Justice and the Nevada Attorney General that provides free treatment to child and adults who have been sexually abused. . His areas of specialization are mental health service delivery, forensic psychology, human sexuality, management and administration, and behavior therapy.
