Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental IllnessIn recent years there has been a greater recognition of how cultural concepts, values, and beliefs influence the way mental symptoms are expressed, how individuals and their families respond to mental distresses and to psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, and how mental health care is delivered community-wide. This comprehensive, clinically oriented volume examines the expression and treatment of mental illness in the context of culture. Written by 35 international experts in the field, Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental Illness covers the areas of the clinical encounter in which culture plays a prominent role, including psychiatric epidemiology, psychotherapy, culture-bound syndromes, and psychiatric assessment. Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental Illness provides a cultural framework in the psychiatric care of a variety of groups in the United States, including African Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanics, women, elderly people, and gay men and lesbians. There is also a chapter dealing with the impact of AIDS among minorities. Eight glossaries of ethnic terms, including foreign language characters, are included. |
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Contents
Culture in Clinical Psychiatry | 3 |
Psychiatric Epidemiology | 43 |
CultureBound Syndromes | 75 |
Selected Glossary of Ethnic Terms for Folk Illnesses | 94 |
CrossCultural Psychotherapy | 101 |
CrossCultural Psychiatric Assessment | 125 |
Culture and Clinical Care | 145 |
Psychiatric Care of African Americans | 147 |
Ethnopsychopharmacology | 413 |
Psychiatric Care of Mexican Americans | 431 |
Psychiatric Care of Puerto Ricans | 467 |
Culture and Psychiatric Care of Women | 501 |
Psychiatric Care of Ethnic Elders | 517 |
Cultural Considerations in the Psychiatric Care of Gay Men and Lesbians | 553 |
The Mental Health Impact of AIDS on Ethnic Minorities | 573 |
Glossaries of Ethnic Terms | 587 |
Separation and Loss in African American Children Clinical Perspectives | 175 |
Psychiatric Care of American Indians and Alaska Natives | 189 |
Glossary of Related Terms | 242 |
Psychiatric Care of Chinese Americans | 245 |
Psychiatric Care of Indochinese Americans | 281 |
Psychiatric Care of Japanese Americans | 305 |
Psychiatric Care of Korean Americans | 347 |
Psychiatric Care of Filipino Americans | 377 |
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American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry, Volume 12 John M. Oldham,Allan Tasman,Michelle B. Riba No preview available - 1993 |
Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients: A Practical Guide Freddy A. Paniagua No preview available - 2005 |