Culture, heritage, and diversity in older adult mental health care / / edited by Maria D. Llorente

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466772103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, , [2019]; ©2019
• ISBN: 1-61537-211-3
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 291 pages)
• Collana: ProQuest Ebook Central
• Disciplina: 362.2084/6
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Why is cultural competency important when working with older adults? / Amy Gajaria, Ebony Dix, Ken Sakauye, Maria D. Llorente -- Cultural competence in geriatric psychiatry : teaching and evaluative methods / Ken Sakauye, Shuo Sally He, Ebony Dix, Raissa Tanqueco, Iqbal Ahmed -- Migration, acculturation, and mental health / Carl I. Cohen, Pachida Lo, Carine Nzodom, Samra Sahlu -- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders / Madeline Nykamp, Shiv Lamba, Nhi-Ha Trinh, Jai C. Gandhi, Lan Chi Vo, Iqbal Ahmed -- Culturally competent care for geriatric indigenous peoples : American Indians, Alaska Natives, First Nations, and Native Hawaiians / Mary Hasbah Roessel, Linda Nahulu, Mira Zein -- African American older adults / Rita Hargrave -- Cultural competency and Latino elders / Vicenzio Holder-Perkins -- Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults / R. Dakota Carter, Siddarth Puri, Rebecca Radue, Daniel D. Sewell -- Rural elderly / Rebecca Radue, Susan K. Schultz -- The seventh age : centenarians / Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Yasmin Banaei -- Cultural competency and veterans / Marilyn Horvath, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Maria D. Llorente.
• Sommario/riassunto: The term culture is multifaceted and may refer to one's belief system, values, religion, race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, geographic location, educational level, age, occupational risks and exposures, and gender. The authors of the book examine mental health care through these lenses, teaching the reader about ; implicit biases and potential miscommunication and offering strategies for overcoming these difficulties. The editor, who has worked in leadership positions overseeing veterans' mental health services, has assembled an impressive and diverse roster of contributors, each with specific expertise in his or her assigned subject. The ways in which cultural competency interacts with the six Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core competencies are explored in detail. For example, in terms of patient care, cultural competency plays an important role in gathering subjective data about a patient that may ultimately impact outcomes. Teaching methods to increase cultural sensitivity and build skills in this area are highlighted, as are training modalities and clinician evaluation. The effects of migration and acculturation on mental health are examined, providing clinicians with several theoretical frameworks for understanding the migratory experience in older adults and exploring psychosocial factors associated with psychological risk in aging immigrants. Linguistic competence, defined broadly as effective communication with individuals speaking a nondominant language, is an essential component of culturally competent health care and is of particular importance in mental health care. Accordingly, the authors analyze linguistic competency in both administrative and clinical encounters and present strategies for achieving mastery in this critically important area. The text provides an abundance of tables and pedagogical features designed to enhance comprehension, including learning objectives, key points, and study questions. -- Publisher

The development of animal form : ontogeny, morphology, and evolution / / Alessandro Minelli [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783123203321
• Autore: Minelli Alessandro
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-107-13166-9; 0-521-02518-4; 1-280-16092-6; 9786610160921; 1-139-14750-1; 0-511-11994-1; 0-511-05762-8; 0-511-33100-2; 0-511-54147-3; 0-511-07241-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 571.3/1
• Soggetti: Developmental biology; Ontogeny; Morphology; Evolution (Biology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-312) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Nature of Development -- Everything begun to the service of development: cellular Darwinism and the origin of animal form -- Development: generic to genetic -- Periodization -- Body regions, their boundaries and complexity -- Differentiation and patterning -- Size factors -- Axes and symmetries -- Segments -- Evo-devo perspectives on homology.
• Sommario/riassunto: Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', has to date been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the ; wealth of facts and concepts available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, even though these traditional approaches can continue to offer a fresh insight into evolutionary developmental questions. The Development of Animal Form aims to integrate traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and to deal with post-embryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as to those in related areas of cell biology, genetics and zoology.