Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental Illness

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Albert Gaw
American Psychiatric Press, 1993 M01 1 - 640 pages
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In 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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Page 150
service-oriented jobs, African American employment actually spans the full range
of jobs in the American workplace. Large numbers of African Americans are
currently concentrated in inner- city areas, such as Detroit, Los Angeles, and New
 ...
Page 151
Among African Americans, there were 1,568,417 female-headed households (i.e.
, without a husband present) and with children under age 18. For whites,
3,166,397 were raised in female- headed households and with children under
age 18.
Page 162
Although rivaled by the escalating use of cocaine, alcohol abuse and
dependence remain a central focus of substance abuse in the African American
community (Primm and Wesley 1985). It is important to note that alcohol abuse in
the African ...

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Contents

Theoretical Considerations
3
Practical Considerations
43
CultureBound Syndromes
75
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About the author (1993)

Albert C. Gaw, M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California in San Francisco, California. Dr. Gaw also serves as the Medical Director for Long Term Care at the Community Mental Health Services of the Department of Public Health for the City and County of San Francisco. He further works as the Medical Director of the San Francisco Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility of San Francisco General Hospital for the Community Health Network of San Francisco of the Department of Public Health for the City and County of San Francisco.

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TitleCulture, Ethnicity, and Mental Illness
EditorAlbert Gaw
Editionillustrated
PublisherAmerican Psychiatric Press, 1993
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized5 Aug 2008
ISBN0880483598, 9780880483599
Length640 pages
  
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