Paths to wellness: some other BIBR selections.In and Out of Our Right Minds: The Mental Health of African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Women Edited by Diane R. Brown and Verna M. Keith, Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is an academic press based in New York City and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan (2004-present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, , September 2003 $24.50, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-231-11379-X Brown and Keith explore why--despite disproportionate risks of lower incomes, unmarried motherhood, racism and poor physical health--the rate of mental illness among black women remains low. The book is considered "the first comprehensive examination of the contradictions between the strengths and vulnerabilities of this population," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the publisher. Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman's Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fear by Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett Fireside, September 2003 $12.00, ISBN 0-743-22538-4 This psychologist explains the mechanisms behind anxiety and the many tools for treating it. She cites factors such as prejudice and discrimination that keep African Americans constantly on guard, the "Strong Black Woman" syndrome (denying that we may need help), trauma and loss and social fears of not measuring up. That Black Men Might Live: My Fight Against Prostate Cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. by Reverend Charles R. Williams and Vernon A. Williams Hilton Publishing, November 2003 $25.95, ISBN 0-9716067-3-0 The Reverend Charles R. Williams shares his battle with prostate cancer and speaks to black men on the importance of taking care of their health. Work It Out: The Black Woman's Guide to Getting the Body You Always Wanted by MaDonna Grimes with Jim Rosenthal Avery/A Member of Penguin Putnam, Inc., March 2004 $16.95, ISBN 1-583-33149-2 Grimes, a professional dancer and choreographer, offers a fitness program that integrates dance--hip-hop, Latin, African and weight training. BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received invites publishers and authors to submit books for consideration in NURTURE. Please send two review copies, press materials and photographs. E-mail us at bibredit@cmapublishing.com. Send materials to BIBR at 350 Fifth Ave. Empire State Building Suite 1215, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y. 10118-0165. |
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