Chicana and Chicano mental health : alma, mente, y corazon / Yvette G. Flores.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores, Yvette Gisele.

Series:

The Mexican American experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Mental health--United States.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spirit, mind, and heart--in traditional Mexican health beliefs all three are inherent to maintaining psychological balance. For Mexican Americans, who are both the oldest Latina/o group in the United States as well as some of the most recent arrivals, perceptions of health and illness often reflect a dual belief system that has not always been incorporated in mental health treatments. "Chicana and Chicano Mental Health" offers a model to understand and to address the mental health challenges and service disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. Yvette G. Flores, who has more than thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist, provides in-depth analysis of the major mental health challenges facing these groups: depression; anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder; substance abuse; and intimate partner violence. Using a life-cycle perspective that incorporates indigenous health beliefs, Flores examines the mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, adult men and women, and elderly Mexican Americans. Through case studies, Flores examines the importance of understanding cultural values, class position, and the gender and sexual roles and expectations Chicanas/os negotiate, as well as the legacies of migration, transculturation, and multiculturality. "Chicana and Chicano Mental Health" is the first book of its kind to embrace both Western and Indigenous perspectives. Ideally suited for students in psychology, social welfare, ethnic studies, and sociology, the book also provides valuable information for mental health professionals who desire a deeper understanding of the needs and strengths of the largest ethnic minority and Hispanic population group in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction

The mental health of Chicana and Chicano children

Adolescent mental health

Gender and mental health : depression, anxiety, and substance abuse among Chicanas

Los hombres : the negotiation of grief and pain

Sexualities

Mental health and aging : finding balance en la tercera edad

Conclusion : Chicana/o mental health in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-38451-X

0-8165-9995-5

OCLC:

832316052