Culture and mental health: sociocultural influences, theory, and practice
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. Wiley-Blackwell 2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 340 pages)
ISBN:1405169826
1444305808
1444305816
9781405169820
9781444305807
9781444305814

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