Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and Assessment [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Dana Richard H. (Henry)
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.2089; 362.208900973
• Soggetto topico: Cross-cultural counseling; Cross-cultural counseling -- United States; Minorities -- Mental health services -- United States; Psychiatry, Transcultural -- United States; United States; Minorities - Mental health services - United States; Psychiatry, Transcultural - United States; Cross-cultural counseling - United States; Health Services; Culture; Sociology; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services; Social Sciences; Psychology; Anthropology, Cultural; Health Care; Anthropology; Cultural Characteristics; Mental Health Services; Minority Groups; Psychiatry; Health & Biological Sciences; Psychiatry - General
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and Assessment
• ISBN: 1-4522-5036-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910480510403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Multicultural Aspects of Counseling And Psychotherapy