Culture and mental health : sociocultural influences, theory, and practice / edited by Sussie Eshun and Regan A.R. Gurung.
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TextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xx, 340 pages) : illustrations, plansContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444305814; 1444305816; 9781444305807; 1444305808Subject(s): Cultural psychiatry | Mental Disorders -- ethnology | Mental Disorders -- psychology | Cross-Cultural Comparison | Mental Health | Psychotherapy -- methods | Mental Disorders | Mental health | Psychotherapy | MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General | PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General | PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology | PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness | MEDICAL -- Mental Health | Cultural psychiatry | Psychische stoornissen | Socioculturele factoren | Geestelijke gezondheidszorgGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Culture and mental health.DDC classification: 616.89 LOC classification: RC455.4.E8 | C785 2009ebNLM classification: 2009 B-878 | WM 140Other classification: 44.91 | 73.85 Online resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction to culture and psychopathology / Sussie Eshun and Regan A.R. Gurung -- Culture and mental health assessment / Bonnie A. Green -- Stress and mental health / Regan A.R. Gurung and Angela Roethel-Wendorf -- Managing job stress : cross-cultural variations in adjustment / Joseph P. Eshun and Kevin J. Kelley -- Chronic pain : cultural sensitivity to pain / Jyh-Hann Chang -- Placing the soul back into psychology : religion in the psychotherapy process / Paul E. Priester, Shiva Khalili, and Jose E. Luvathingal -- Psychotherapy in a culturally diverse world / Laura R. Johnson, Gilberte Bastien, and Michael J. Hirschel -- International perspectives on culture and mental health / P.S.D.V. Prasadarao -- Culture and mood disorders / Sussie Eshun and Toy Caldwell-Colbert -- Culture and anxiety disorders / Simon A. Rego -- Cultural factors in traumatic stress / Peter D. Yeomans and Evan M. Forman -- Culture and psychotic disorders / Kristin M. Vespia -- Culture and eating disorders / Megan A. Markey Hood, Jillon S. Vander Wal & Judith L. Gibbons -- Culture and suicide / David Lester.
"Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives.: Introduces students to the main topics and issues in the area of mental health using culture as the focus; Emphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization, perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the context of cultural variations; Reviews and actively encourages the reader to consider issues related to reliability, validity and standardization of commonly used psychological assessment instruments among different cultural groups; Highlights the widely used DSM-IV-TR categorization of culture-bound syndromes"--Provided by publisher.
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