¶ … religious help-seeking among African-American Christians. The author writes from the perspective of someone who is seeking to increase participation among this demographic in non-religious mental health seeking, and notes that the historical tendency among the demographic is to turn to their churches for "financial, social justice and mental health needs." The churches are poorly-equipped to deal with genuine mental health issues, so this exploration serves the purpose of helping the mental health community to understand how to attract more religious African-Americans to non-religious mental health care.
The paper first examines how and why African-Americans have come to see the church in this role. This initial section has some logical weaknesses, however. The author notes that "religious help-seeking…is a viable option" and that "the effectiveness of counseling provided by pastors appears to be at least comparable to that received by clients of secular mental health professionals," citing "a greater sense of satisfaction experienced." The problem with this logic is that satisfaction is not an accepted measure of mental health care effectiveness. Furthermore, the author later admits that "little is known about the specific issues for which African-American Christians would formally seek help in times of distress." In other words, the author has no idea what people are seeking help for, and is not using accepted success measures, yet has no problem arriving at a clear-cut conclusion with regards to the efficacy of religious mental health services. Such a glaring logical fallacy is not surprising from a religious publication, but it does undermine the author's credibility as a scholar.
Applicants were self-selecting, by way of survey cards, which is poor sampling. The study author of course needs to have the survey respondents have actual experience with this issue and there is nothing in the sampling that guarantees this. Still, the paper overall is about perceptions more than anything else. The author hinted earlier in the paper that one of the benefits of church-based counselling was its low cost, so it is predictable that pastoral counsel was most popular for issues that, while serious, are not mental health issues where a professional would be required. For those issues, the author identified a trend "towards complementary use of religious and professional...
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