DOROTHY S. RUIZ is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Howard University. She was a Fulbright Fellowship recipient in 1985 to study the history and culture of three West African countries. She is currently a member of several professional and community organizations.

• Foreword by James P. ComerPrefaceIntroduction by Dorothy S. RuizHealth and Social Status of Black AmericansSocial and Economic Profile of Black Americans, 1989 by Dorothy S. RuizThe Mental Health Status of Black Americans, 1983 by Alvin F. PoussaintEpidemiological Perspectives and IssuesThe Epidemiology of Mental Disorder in the Black Population by Harold W. Neighbors and Suzan LumpkinDepression among Blacks: An Epidemiologic Perspective by Diane Robinson BrownSuicide Trends of Blacks and Whites by Sex and Age, United States, 1967-1986 by Jacquelyne Johnson JacksonRacism and Mental HealthBlack Mental Health and Racial Oppression by Joycelyn Landrum-BrownStress, Coping, and Social Support: Their Effects on Black Women by Patricia J. DunstonPsychiatric Diagnosis and TreatmentEthnic and Cultural Factors in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment by James L. Collins, Eliot Sorel, Joseph Brent, and Clyde B. MathuraSocial Factors in Diagnosis and Treatment by Clyde B. Mathura and Melanie A. BaerFamily and Community ViolenceUnderstanding Family Violence: An Afrocentric Analysis Based on Optimal Theory by Linda James MyersBlack-on-Black Homicide: The Implications for Black Mental Health by Carl C. BellLegal and Social Policy IssuesLegal Issues in Mental Health by Alice Gresham BullockMental Health and Social Policy by Mary S. HarperPositive Mental HealthPsychosocial Competence: Toward a Theory of Understanding Positive Mental Health among Black Americans by Louis P. Anderson, Chuck L. Eaddy, and Ernestine A. WilliamsCoping with Color: The Anatomy of Positive Mental Health by Barbara J. ShadeFactors Contributing to Positive Mental Health in Black Americans by Anderson J. Franklin and James S. JacksonSelected BibliographyIndex

DOROTHY S. RUIZ is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Howard University. She was a Fulbright Fellowship recipient in 1985 to study the history and culture of three West African countries. She is currently a member of several professional and community organizations.

• Foreword by James P. ComerPrefaceIntroduction by Dorothy S. RuizHealth and Social Status of Black AmericansSocial and Economic Profile of Black Americans, 1989 by Dorothy S. RuizThe Mental Health Status of Black Americans, 1983 by Alvin F. PoussaintEpidemiological Perspectives and IssuesThe Epidemiology of Mental Disorder in the Black Population by Harold W. Neighbors and Suzan LumpkinDepression among Blacks: An Epidemiologic Perspective by Diane Robinson BrownSuicide Trends of Blacks and Whites by Sex and Age, United States, 1967-1986 by Jacquelyne Johnson JacksonRacism and Mental HealthBlack Mental Health and Racial Oppression by Joycelyn Landrum-BrownStress, Coping, and Social Support: Their Effects on Black Women by Patricia J. DunstonPsychiatric Diagnosis and TreatmentEthnic and Cultural Factors in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment by James L. Collins, Eliot Sorel, Joseph Brent, and Clyde B. MathuraSocial Factors in Diagnosis and Treatment by Clyde B. Mathura and Melanie A. BaerFamily and Community ViolenceUnderstanding Family Violence: An Afrocentric Analysis Based on Optimal Theory by Linda James MyersBlack-on-Black Homicide: The Implications for Black Mental Health by Carl C. BellLegal and Social Policy IssuesLegal Issues in Mental Health by Alice Gresham BullockMental Health and Social Policy by Mary S. HarperPositive Mental HealthPsychosocial Competence: Toward a Theory of Understanding Positive Mental Health among Black Americans by Louis P. Anderson, Chuck L. Eaddy, and Ernestine A. WilliamsCoping with Color: The Anatomy of Positive Mental Health by Barbara J. ShadeFactors Contributing to Positive Mental Health in Black Americans by Anderson J. Franklin and James S. JacksonSelected BibliographyIndex

DOROTHY S. RUIZ is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Howard University. She was a Fulbright Fellowship recipient in 1985 to study the history and culture of three West African countries. She is currently a member of several professional and community organizations.

• Foreword by James P. ComerPrefaceIntroduction by Dorothy S. RuizHealth and Social Status of Black AmericansSocial and Economic Profile of Black Americans, 1989 by Dorothy S. RuizThe Mental Health Status of Black Americans, 1983 by Alvin F. PoussaintEpidemiological Perspectives and IssuesThe Epidemiology of Mental Disorder in the Black Population by Harold W. Neighbors and Suzan LumpkinDepression among Blacks: An Epidemiologic Perspective by Diane Robinson BrownSuicide Trends of Blacks and Whites by Sex and Age, United States, 1967-1986 by Jacquelyne Johnson JacksonRacism and Mental HealthBlack Mental Health and Racial Oppression by Joycelyn Landrum-BrownStress, Coping, and Social Support: Their Effects on Black Women by Patricia J. DunstonPsychiatric Diagnosis and TreatmentEthnic and Cultural Factors in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment by James L. Collins, Eliot Sorel, Joseph Brent, and Clyde B. MathuraSocial Factors in Diagnosis and Treatment by Clyde B. Mathura and Melanie A. BaerFamily and Community ViolenceUnderstanding Family Violence: An Afrocentric Analysis Based on Optimal Theory by Linda James MyersBlack-on-Black Homicide: The Implications for Black Mental Health by Carl C. BellLegal and Social Policy IssuesLegal Issues in Mental Health by Alice Gresham BullockMental Health and Social Policy by Mary S. HarperPositive Mental HealthPsychosocial Competence: Toward a Theory of Understanding Positive Mental Health among Black Americans by Louis P. Anderson, Chuck L. Eaddy, and Ernestine A. WilliamsCoping with Color: The Anatomy of Positive Mental Health by Barbara J. ShadeFactors Contributing to Positive Mental Health in Black Americans by Anderson J. Franklin and James S. JacksonSelected BibliographyIndex