Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental IllnessAlbert Gaw American Psychiatric Press, 1993 - 640 pages The book 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. Eight glossaries of ethnic terms, including foreign language characters, are included. |
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Page 57
... compared with a sample of " White non - Hispanics " interviewed in the same catchment areas . Analyses of the data yielded more similarities than differences in the prevalence of disorders across these two groups . There were only a few ...
... compared with a sample of " White non - Hispanics " interviewed in the same catchment areas . Analyses of the data yielded more similarities than differences in the prevalence of disorders across these two groups . There were only a few ...
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... compared the diagnoses of African American and white patients in a state hospital . On admission , research psychiatrists , using the Research Diagnostic Criteria ( Spitzer et al . 1978 ) , evaluated patients and assigned them ...
... compared the diagnoses of African American and white patients in a state hospital . On admission , research psychiatrists , using the Research Diagnostic Criteria ( Spitzer et al . 1978 ) , evaluated patients and assigned them ...
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... compared . Subjects for this study came from the acute psychiatric inpatient population at the Harbor - UCLA Medical Center , which serves metropolitan Los Angeles . The incidence of extrapyramidal side effects ( EPS ) did not differ ...
... compared . Subjects for this study came from the acute psychiatric inpatient population at the Harbor - UCLA Medical Center , which serves metropolitan Los Angeles . The incidence of extrapyramidal side effects ( EPS ) did not differ ...
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Theoretical Considerations | 3 |
Practical Considerations | 49 |
Simons M D M A | 75 |
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American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry, Volume 12 Michelle B. Riba,Allan Tasman No preview available - 1993 |
Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients: A Practical Guide Freddy A. Paniagua No preview available - 2005 |