Mental Health Communication for Underserved Populations

Do Kyun David Kim is Sequence Coordinator for Organizational Communication and Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA.Jin-Ae Kang is Associate Professor of Communication at East Carolina University, USA.

• About the ContributorsIntroduction: Reaching the Unreached: Enhancing Mental Health through Effective Communication Strategies for Underserved Populations David Kim (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA) & Jin-Ae Kang (East Carolina University, USA)1. The Use of Storytelling as a Form of Liberatory Agency: Palestinian Refugees in the United StatesAmnee K. Elkhalid (University of Arkansas, USA) & Walid A. Afifi (University of California-Santa Barbara, USA)2. Mental Health and LGBTQ+ Populations: Communicative Solutions for LGBTQ+ Well-BeingLeandra Hinojosa Hernandez (University of Utah, USA) & Natalia Peraza (University of Southern California, USA)3. An Examination of the Multifaceted Mental Health Stigma Surrounding United States Military VeteransRikki A. Roscoe (University of Kansas, USA)4. Communicating What Is Silent: Black Women Navigating Mental HealthAdrienne F. Muldrow (East Carolina University, USA) & Karlene Cunningham (East Carolina University, USA) 5. Designing Mental Health Communication Strategies for Hispanic and Latino Populations in the U.S.Do Kyun David Kim & Jinae Kang 6. Housing Instability and Homelessness in Memphis: Mental Health Literacy and Community-Based ResearchJoy V. Goldsmith (Independent Scholar, USA), Diana R. Humble (University of Memphis, USA), Sachiko Terui (University of Georgia, USA), Tharwa Bilbeisi (Independent Scholar, USA), & Regina Alabere (University of Memphis, USA)7. e-Mental Health Intervention Strategies for the Low-income Population: A Communicative ApproachKyung Jung Han (California State University, Bakersfield, USA)8. Addressing Mental Health Issues of Older People for Healthy AgingJin-Ae Kang & Do Kyun David Kim9. Mental Health Communication for Religious MinoritiesJacob Watson (Indiana University - Indianapolis, USA), Jorge Seifert (USA), & John Parrish-Sprowl (Indiana University, USA)10. Mental Health Communication Strategies for Individuals with Disabilities: Applying a Socio-Ecological FrameworkJaehyun Kim (East Carolina University, USA)11. Communication in Substance Use Counseling: The Role of Aggressive CommunicationTheodore A. Avtgis (Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, USA) & Veronica Nuzzolo (Independent Scholar, USA)12. Rural Communities and Mental Health: Challenges and Recommendations from a Health Communication PerspectiveLindsey Jo Hand (Contractor, USA)13. Mental Health Problems and Computer-Mediated Support: Focus on the Case of North Korean Defectors in South KoreaSurin Chung (Sogang University, South Korea) & Ma Angelica Mercado (Sogang University, South Korea)14. Cross-Cultural Dialogues: Unraveling and Addressing Mental Health Challenges in International Students through Innovative Health Communication StrategiesAnne Amegbeha Amissah (University of Kentucky, USA), Sarah A. Geegan (University of Kentucky, USA), & Kimberly A. Parker (Independent Scholar, USA)Index

This well-written edited volume raises aspects of mental health that may particularly affect unique population groups and proposes health communication strategies to benefit the members of these groups. Many of the chapters are personal—told from the perspective of individuals whose mental health may be strengthened through effective health communication.