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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Within 25 years , health care was made much more available , with half of Indian
Agencies having a physician ( Public Health Service 1957 ) . In the 1880s , formal
... Treatment of these illnesses is split between a “ mental health " program and ...
Besides the stigma associated with mental illness , investigations suggest that
the differences in rates of utilization for Asians may be related to the following :
inappropriate therapeutic methods , clinicians ' inability to speak Asian
languages , a ...
Mental Health Care Utilization of Puerto Ricans The mental health care utilization
patterns of island Puerto Ricans have also been reported as part of the
epidemiological study one of us conducted ( G . Canino et al . 1987b ) . Among
those ...
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Contents
Theoretical Considerations | 3 |
Practical Considerations | 43 |
CultureBound Syndromes | 75 |
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American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry, Volume 12 John M. Oldham,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 |