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Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

By Regan A. R. Gurung , Sussie Eshun

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
9781405169837, 1405169834
LCC
RC455.4.E8 C785 2009
Open Library ID
OL16944638M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1998486 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
349\349
Topic
Psychology
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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

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