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 84
... Hwa - byung . Several hundred thousand Koreans have immigrated to the United States over the past 40 years , settling predominantly on the West Coast ( Liu 1986 , p . 156 ) . Thus , there is an increasing likelihood that a clinician ...
... Hwa - byung . Several hundred thousand Koreans have immigrated to the United States over the past 40 years , settling predominantly on the West Coast ( Liu 1986 , p . 156 ) . Thus , there is an increasing likelihood that a clinician ...
Page 364
... Hwa - byung Hwa - byung has been known for many years in Korea as a folk medical term . It is an interesting Korean somatization disorder that is predominant among married women who are beyond middle age and of low social stand- ing ...
... Hwa - byung Hwa - byung has been known for many years in Korea as a folk medical term . It is an interesting Korean somatization disorder that is predominant among married women who are beyond middle age and of low social stand- ing ...
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Albert Gaw. Interestingly , most of the hwa - byung patients expressed a view that hwa- byung has psychological causes . This means that lay people in Korea have a concept of the psychogenic nature of their physical symptoms . The most ...
Albert Gaw. Interestingly , most of the hwa - byung patients expressed a view that hwa- byung has psychological causes . This means that lay people in Korea have a concept of the psychogenic nature of their physical symptoms . The most ...
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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 |