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Understanding Black and Minority Ethnic service user's experience of racism as part of the assessment, formulation and treatment of mental health problems in cognitive behaviour therapy

Part of: Being an Anti-Racist CBT therapist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2019

Andrew Beck
Andrew Beck*
Affiliation:
East Lancs Child and Adolescent Service, University of Manchester
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Abstract

Experiences of racism can be a cumulative risk factor for developing mental health problems. Cognitive Behaviour Therapists working with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) service users should be confident in their ability to establish the necessary rapport to ask about these experiences and be able to incorporate this information into longitudinal formulations and as part of maintenance cycles. This paper sets out guidelines as to how to do this as part of a wider engagement process.

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BAMEcase formulationCBTracism

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Special Issue: Cultural Adaptations of CBT
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the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 12 , 2019 , e8
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2019 

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