Deconstructing whiteness in mental health care: recommendations for training, practice, and research

Tinashe Dune; Peter Caputi; Katarzyna Olcoń; Catherine MacPhail

doi:10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_21

Deconstructing whiteness in mental health care: recommendations for training, practice, and research

Tinashe Dune
, Peter Caputi
, Katarzyna Olcoń
, Catherine MacPhail

Translational Health Research Institute

University of Wollongong

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Abstract

Australia is known for its multicultural population characterized by a vast diversity of cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic groups. This variety results in the need for mental health care systems and practitioners to adapt to a range of health and wellbeing needs for diverse individuals and groups. This goal is challenged by Whiteness-a prevailing and overarching socio-political and ethnocultural construct present in Australia, other Western nations and much of the world. The chapter first acknowledges Whiteness and its consequences, within the context of mental health and wellbeing, and then describes recommendations for mental health care training, research, practice and theory. In doing so, this chapter provides steps toward increasing cultural safety in mental health care.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Critical Whiteness
Subtitle of host publication	Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines
Editors	Jioji Ravulo, Katarzyna Olcoń, Tinashe Dune, Alex Workman, Pranee Liamputtong
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	1299-1319
Number of pages	21
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9789819750856
ISBN (Print)	9789819750849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_21
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2024

Keywords

Australia
Cultural competence
Mental health
non-Whiteness
Therapeutic Alliance
Whiteness

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Dune, T., Caputi, P., Olcoń, K., & MacPhail, C. (2024). Deconstructing whiteness in mental health care: recommendations for training, practice, and research. In J. Ravulo, K. Olcoń, T. Dune, A. Workman, & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines (Vol. 2, pp. 1299-1319). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_21

Dune, Tinashe ; Caputi, Peter ; Olcoń, Katarzyna et al. / Deconstructing whiteness in mental health care : recommendations for training, practice, and research. Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines. editor / Jioji Ravulo ; Katarzyna Olcoń ; Tinashe Dune ; Alex Workman ; Pranee Liamputtong. Vol. 2 Singapore : Springer Nature, 2024. pp. 1299-1319

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Dune, T, Caputi, P, Olcoń, K & MacPhail, C 2024, Deconstructing whiteness in mental health care: recommendations for training, practice, and research. in J Ravulo, K Olcoń, T Dune, A Workman & P Liamputtong (eds), Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines. vol. 2, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 1299-1319. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_21

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Dune T, Caputi P, Olcoń K, MacPhail C. Deconstructing whiteness in mental health care: recommendations for training, practice, and research. In Ravulo J, Olcoń K, Dune T, Workman A, Liamputtong P, editors, Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines. Vol. 2. Singapore: Springer Nature. 2024. p. 1299-1319 doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_21

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