Cultural cognition and psychopathology / edited by John F. Schumaker and Tony Ward.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schumaker, John F., 1949-

Ward, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural psychiatry.

Cognition and culture.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Summary:

Draws together the concepts of culture and cognition in the wider context of psychopathology in an interdisciplinary volume.

Contents:

Part I Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1

1. Culture, Cognition, and Psychological Individualism / Tod Sloan 3

2. Cultural Cognition and Psychopathology: Anthropological Perspectives / Harvey Whitehouse 17

3. Cultural Sources of Cognition / Charles Nuckolls 31

Part II Cultural Cognition and Specific Disorders 51

4. Cultural Cognition and Depression / John F. Schumaker 53

5. The Cognitive Socialization of Stress and Anxiety / Joseph Westermeyer, Eric Dieperink 67

6. The Role of Cultural Cognition in Substance Abuse and Alcoholism / M. Dawn Terrell 81

7. Eating Disorders, Culture, and Cognition / Myra Cooper 95

8. Cognitive Enculturation and Sexual Abuse / Gordon C. Nagayama Hall, Amber H. Phung 107

9. Culture, Cognition, and Trauma: Crosscultural Evaluations / Pittu Laungani 119

10. Cultural Risk Factors in Personality Disorders / Joel Paris 145

11. Culture, Cognition, and Dissociative Identity Disorder / Martin J. Dorahy 157

12. Culture, Cognition, and Schizophrenia / Richard J. Siegert 171

Part III Applications and Implications 191

13. Translating Cultural Observations Into Psychotherapy: A Functional Approach / Junko Tanaka-Matsumi, Douglas Y. Seiden, Ka Nei Lam 193

14. Culture and Cognitive Theory: Toward a Reformulation / Jo Thakker, Russil Durrant 213

15. Toward a New Model of Symptom Formation: Implicit Theories and Sexual Offending / Tony Ward, Thomas Keenan 233

16. Cultural Assumptions, Social Justice, and Mental Health: Challenging the Status Quo / Isaac Prilleltensky 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275966046

OCLC:

43513097