Mexican American Psychology : Social, Cultural, and Clinical Perspectives / Mario A. Tovar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tovar, Mario A., author.

Series:

Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Health.

Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Mental health.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Health and hygiene.

Mexican Americans--Social life and customs.

Mexican Americans--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 192 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger, 2017.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Providing in-depth coverage of the Mexican American population from social, cultural, and psychological (clinical) perspectives, this book promotes the understanding of cultural practices and sociological characteristics of this important ethnic group. There are now more than 32 million Mexican Americans living in the United States. As a result, the odds that a clinician will work with a member of this population-one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States-is extremely high. Understanding the culture, society, psyche, acculturation, assimilation, and linguistics specific to Mexican Americans, as well as their crises and appropriate interventions, is imperative to provide counseling/therapy services and culturally sensitive assessments. In this book, author Mario Tovar explains how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. Tovar documents significant differences among Mexican Americans depending on whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin-rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and northern versus southern Mexico, for example. Readers will understand how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them and learn about mental and physical health care practices common to Mexican Americans, including folk medicine and "healers" who often include grandmothers and elder neighbors.

Contents:

Series Foreword Preface Part I: Introduction to Sociological and Anthropological Topics Chapter 1. Overview of Mexican American Psychology Chapter 2. Mexican American History Chapter 3. Contemporary Mexican American Society Chapter 4. Undocumented Immigration and Mexican Americans Chapter 5. Assimilation and Acculturation of Mexican Americans Chapter 6. Language, Communication, and Mexican Americans Part II: Introduction to Clinical Topics Chapter 7. Mexican Americans and Mental Health Chapter 8. The Clinical Interview Chapter 9. Counseling Mexican Americans Chapter 10. Psychological Assessments and Evaluations for Mexican Americans Chapter 11. Crisis Interventions Chapter 12. Future Considerations References Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tovar, Mario A. (Mario Alberto) Mexican American psychology

ISBN:

9798400685125

9798216117056

OCLC:

969973655