Bibliograph

This city is killing me, community trauma and toxic stress in urban America, Jonathan Foiles

Type

Label

This city is killing me, community trauma and toxic stress in urban America, Jonathan Foiles

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

This city is killing me

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1083689849

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Foiles

Sub title

community trauma and toxic stress in urban America

Summary

"When Jonathan Foiles was a graduate student in social work, he had to choose between a mental health or policy track. But once he began working, he found it impossible to tell the two apart. While helping poor patients from the South and West sides of Chicago, he realized individual therapy could not take into account the importance unemployment, poverty, lack of affordable housing and other policy decisions that impact both individual and community well-being. It is easy to be depressed if you live in a neighborhood that has few supportive resources available, or is marred by gun violence. This City Is Killing Me: Community Trauma and Toxic Stress in Urban America, brings policy and psychology together. Through a remarkable set of case studies, Foiles opens up his therapy door to allow us to overhear the stories of Jacqueline, Frida, Robert, Luis, Anthony, and other poor Chicagoans. As we listen, Foiles teaches us how he diagnoses, explains how therapists before him would analyze these patients, and, through statistics and the example of Chicago, teaches us how policy decisions have contributed to these individuals’ suffering"--, Publisher's description

Target audience

adult

Creator