Handbook of multicultural mental health : assessment and treatment of diverse populations / edited by Israel Cuellar, Freddy A. Paniagua.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cuéllar, Israel.

Paniagua, Freddy A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry, Transcultural--United States.

Psychiatry, Transcultural.

Cultural psychiatry.

Ethnopsychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (517 p.)

Other Title:

Multicultural mental health

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Clinicians and mental health practitioners are regularly called upon to treat patients of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Not only do these patients differ from Anglos in culture and language, but also in customs, beliefs, values, and practices. Understanding these differences is vital to performing an accurate diagnosis/assessment of psychopathology as well as in determining an effective treatment regimen.This book provides vital information to clinicians worldwide in bettering their treatment of diverse populations. Each chapter identifies relevant cultural variables specific to

Contents:

Front Cover; Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART I: Overview Theory, Models, and Demographics; Chapter 1. Culture and Mental Health: An Introduction and Overview of Foundations, Concepts, and Issues; I. Introduction; II. Overview of Culture and Mental Health Questions, Concepts, and Issues; References; Chapter 2. Cultural Models of Health and Illness; I. Culture and Meaning; II. Social Differentiation and Culture; III. Objectivity and Subjectivity; IV. The Role of Culture in Health and Illness; V. Schemata and Cognitive Processes

VI. Psyche and Soma: The Mind-Body Distinction in Western MedicineVII. Culture, Emotion, and Health; VIII. Cultural versus Psychological Determinism; IX. A New Cultural Public Health; References; Chapter 3. Acculturation and Mental Health: Ecological Transactional Relations of Adjustment; I. Introduction; II. Culture Defined; III. Acculturation Defined; IV. Acculturation Processes; V. Culture and Mental Health; VI. Modes of Acculturation; VII. Culture Conflict; VIII. Acculturative Stress; IX. Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment; X. Acculturation and Clinical Manifestations of Illness

XI. Empirical Findings of Acculturation and Mental HealthXII. Ecological Interventions in Mental Health; References; Chapter 4. Gender as Subculture: The First Division of Multicultural Diversity; I. Key Terms and Definitions; II. Types of Gender-Role Con.ict among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups; III. Implications of Gender-Role Conflict for Assessment and Treatment of Mental Health and Adjustment Issues; IV. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Multicultural Demographic Developments: Current and Future Trends; I. Introduction; II. Hispanic Americans; III. American Indians

IV. African AmericansV. Asian Americans; VI. Conclusions; References; PART II: Methodology; Chapter 6. Culture and Methodology in Personality Assessment; I. Eurocentric Bias: Reality Construction and a Belief System Undergirding Research; II. Bias in Standard Psychological Tests; III. Discussion; IV. Peroration; References; Chapter 7. Test Translation and Cultural Equivalence Methodologies for Use with Diverse Populations; I. Introduction; II. Guidelines of the International Test Commission; III. Linguistic Equivalence; IV. Item and Scale Equivalence; V. Normative Equivalence

VI. Technical EquivalenceVII. Clinical Equivalence; VIII. Reliability and Validity of Translated Tests; IX. Methodology Illustrations for Translated Tests; X. Conclusions; References; PART III: Assessment and Treatment; Chapter 8. Culture-Bound Syndromes, Cultural Variations, and Psychopathology; I. Adjustment Disorders; II. Anxiety Disorders; III. Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Disorders; IV. Delusional Disorders; V. Dissociative Disorders; VI. Eating Disorders; VII. Mental Retardation and Learning Disorders; VIII. Mood Disorders; IX. Personality Disorders; X. Pica and Selective Mutism

XI. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-92694-5

9786610926947

0-08-049142-1

OCLC:

162128938