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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814582603321

Autore

Dana Richard H (Richard Henry), <1927->

Titolo

Understanding cultural identity in intervention and assessment / / Richard H. Dana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : Sage Publications, c1998

ISBN

9781452250366

1452250367

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Multicultural aspects of counseling series ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

362.2/089/00973

Soggetti

Cross-cultural counseling - United States

Minorities - Mental health services - United States

Psychiatry, Transcultural - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 - Mental Health Services and Multicultural Populations; Clinical Psychology Training; Community Mental Health; Practitioner-Scholar, Community, and Counseling Psychology Training; Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs); Societal Transformation by Immigration, Outmarriage, and Segregation; Managed Care for Multicultural Populations; Prologue; Chapter 2 - Why is it so Difficult to Provide Quality Care for Multicultural Populations?; Worldview and Identity; Acculturation; Racism as Bias

Ethnocentrism and EthnorelativismResearch Beliefs; Anglo American Standards; Underuse of Services; Chapter 3 - Quality Care for Multicultural Populations; Becoming a Provider; Ethical Standards; Problems Requiring Competent Care; Multicultural Assessment Prerequisitites; Intervention Model; Training and Evaluation; Dimensions of Quality Care; Chapter 4 - Identities of Clients and Providers; Clients as Cultural Beings; Anglo American Provider Worldview and Identity Development; Clients and Providers; Chapter 5 - African Americans

Use of Services, Providers, and Mainstream or Culture-Specific ProgramsHealth and Illness Beliefs; Social Class; Racial Identity and Cultural Identity; Problems-in-Living, Stress and Oppression, Culture-



General Disorders, and Culture-Bound Disorders; Interventions; Chapter 6 - American Indians/Alaska Natives; Psychopathology, Culture-Bound Disorders, and Problems-in-Living; Culture-General Interventions; Combined Interventions; Culture-Specific Interventions; Traditional Healing Practices; A Model for Culturally Competent Intervention; Chapter 7 - Asians and Asian Americans

Chinese and Chinese AmericansJapanese and Japanese Americans; Southeast Asians and Southeast Asian Americans; Chapter 8 - Hispanic Americans/Latinos; Health/Illness Beliefs; Interventions in Selected Countries of Origin; Symptoms, Psychopathologies, Problems-in-Living, and Culture-Bound Disorders; Acculturation and Psychopathology; Culture-General Interventions; Combined Approaches; Culture-Specific Interventions and Healing Practices; Culture-Specific Service-Delivery Settings; Chapter 9 - Epilogue; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

How can quality mental health care be provided for multicultural populations? This volume explores this question by focusing on mental health services in the United States for a variety of populations, including African Americans, Native Americans and Chinese Americans.