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Psychology of European American Adults: Challenges, Advantages, and the Push for Further Growth

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This chapter presents information on mental health issues in European American (White) adults, focusing on poverty, traumatic experience, and alcohol abuse as major challenges to the maintenance of mental health in this group; access to health care, willingness to seek assistance for mental health issues, and selected cognitive factors as strengths contributing to resilience in this group; and how some of the advantages enjoyed by Whites in the United States can be furthered to strengthen the overall mental health of this group.

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Downey, C.A., D’Andrea, W. (2012). Psychology of European American Adults: Challenges, Advantages, and the Push for Further Growth. In: Chang, E., Downey, C. (eds) Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0424-8_13

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