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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
9781405169820, 9781405169837
LCC
RC455.4.E8 C785 2009
Google Books ID
JHo9NQAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL16944638M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1166620 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
360\360
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

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 focusEmphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization, perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the context of cultural variationsReviews and actively encourages the reader to consider issues related to reliability, validity and standardization of commonly used psychological assessment instruments among different cultural groupsHighlights the widely used DSM-IV-TR categorization of culture-bound syndromes

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