This book comprehensively examines disparities in mental health provision across a wide spectrum of areas, including racial identity, education and socioeconomic conditions.This book was published as a special issue of Social Work in Public Health.

Preface 1. Culture and Race in Provider-Client Relationships Janet Ward Schofield, Lu-in Wang and Pat Chew 2. Reconceptualizing Access: A Cultural Competence Approach to Improving the Mental Health of African American Women Valire Carr Copeland and James Butler 3. Depression in African American and White Women with Low Incomes: The Role of Chronic Stress Nancy K. Grote, Sarah E. Bledsoe, Jill Wellman and Charlotte Brown 4. Racial Differences in Mental Health Service Utilization Among Low-Income Women Daniel Rosen, Richard M. Tolman, Lynn A. Warner and Kyaien Conner 5. African American Consumers’ Perceptions of Racial Disparities in Mental Health Services Christina E. Newhill and Daniel Harris 6. The Need to Adapt Standardized Outcomes Measures for Community Mental Health Catherine G. Greeno, Courtney Colonna-Pydyn and Martha Shumway 7. Lessons Learned: The Unintended Consequences of Policy Decisions Affecting Maternity Services for Pittsburgh’s African Americans Carolyn Carson 8. Disparities in Health Status and Health-Service Utilization Among Hispanic Ethnic Subgroups Ravi K. Sharma, Kathleen A. McGinnis and Patricia I. Documèt 9. Race/Ethnicity, Religiosity and Adolescent Alcohol, Cigarette and Marijuana Use John M. Wallace, Jorge Delva, Patrick M. O’Malley, Jerald G. Bachman, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston and Christopher Stewart 10. Ways with Children: Examining the Role of Cultural Continuity in Early Educators’ Practices and Beliefs About Working with Low-Income Children of Color Eva Marie Shivers, Kay Sanders, Alison G. Wishard and Carollee Howes 11. Minority Business Bidding for Local Government Contracts: The Complexity of Availability Ralph L. Bangs, Audrey Murrell and Monique Constance-Huggins