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The Literature review should be well research, relevant to your topic and should include at least 10 or more literary references. ( i.e. periodicals, journals, relevant material...) The literature review should include a title page and should be double space. Please make sure that you are referencing your material based on the APA model for referencing material. ( 4th edition or higher..). Make sure that you clearly review your articles and place them in the literature review according to the subtitles or similar concepts that develop from your research.


The topic is "Environment is a leading cause to mental illness in African American males."

With subtopics such as violence, discrimination, lack of resources or support

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Running head: MENTAL ILLNESSES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

Environmental Causes of Mental Illnesses in African-American Men
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MENTAL ILLNESSES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

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Environmental Causes of Mental Illnesses in African-American Men
Mental health disorders and mental illnesses are a growing health problem in the U.S.
The number of people seeking mental health care in the U.S has steadily grown in the recent
years with mental illnesses among African-American men being worse. Currently, 1 in 5 people
has a mental disorder in the course of their lives in the U.S (Gonnerman, 2015). According to the
National Alliance on Mental Illnesses (n.d.), African Americans are 20% more likely to develop
a mental illness mainly due to the environmental factors that affect the development of such
illnesses. Among the population, men are worse off due to the apparent stressful environment
and unhealthy tendencies they may present. This concern makes it necessary to review other
authors’ sentiments regarding the environment as the major cause of mental illnesses among
African-American men.
Help-Seeking Tendencies
It has been traditionally identified that African Americans have poor tendencies of
seeking treatment or even distrusting health facilities. This tendency has also been observed by
various authors. Holden et al. (2012) found out that three issues are associated with African
American men’s failure to seek help in the case of mental health; self-stigma, masculine norms
in the culture, and their attitudes (big boys do not cry). These same sentiments are held by Ward
and Mengesha (2013), who refer to the self-stigma as the self-concealment of African-American
men. The authors identify that these tendencies are historical and are inspired by the culture. This
environmental cause is confirmed by their report that 30% of African-American men, as opposed
to 39% of the females and 51% of whites with MDD, sought medical care (Ward and Mengesha,
2013). These statistics go to show that the African-American men are less likely to seek care thus
worsening mental illnesses.

MENTAL ILLNESSES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

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Another point that has been advanced by several researchers is the help-seeking behavior
coupled with the interaction with the police. Due to the discriminatory history of the police
towards African-American men, Burnett-Zeigler (2016) claims that they are less likely to seek
help, especially in cases of violent behavior. The Chicago Tribune author claims that the police
are likely to exacerbate such situations instead of de-escalating them. Similarly, Lindsey et al.
(2006) claim that African American adolescent boys consulted with their families regarding
depressive symptoms but the divergent advice always led them to avoid authorities especially the
police. That way, law enforcement and the social environment affecting the perceptions of
African-American men may be preventing them from seeking help in the case of...


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