Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry

Wen-Shing Tseng

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN:
  9780127016320
• eBook ISBN:
  9780080525624
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy Counselling
• Index: Psychology

Cultural psychiatry is primarily concerned with the transcultural aspects of mental health related to human behavior, psychopathology and treatment. At a clinical level, cultural psychiatry aims to promote culturally relevant mental health care for patients of diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds. From the standpoint of research, cultural psychiatry is interested in studying how ethnic or cultural factors may influence human behavior and psychopathology as well as the art of healing. On a theoretical level, cultural psychiatry aims to expand the knowledge and theories about mental health-related human behavior and mental problems by widening the sources of information and findings transculturally, and providing cross-cultural validation. This work represents the first comprehensive attempt to pull together the clinical, research and theoretical findings in a single volume.Key Features* Written by a nationally and internationally well-known author and scholar* The material focuses not only on the United States but also on various cultural settings around the world so that the subject matter can be examined broadly from universal as well as cross-cultural perspectives* Proper combination of clinical practicalities and conceptual discussion* Serves as a major source for use in the training of psychiatric residents and mental health personnel as well as students of behavior science in the areas of culture and mental health* A total of 50 chapters with detailed cross-referencing* Nearly 2000 references plus an appendix of almost 400 books* 130 tables and figures

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Author
• List of Consultants
• List of Tables and Figures
• Section A: Introduction
• Section B: Culture and Human Behavior
• Section C: Culture and Mental Health
• Section D: Culture and Psychopathology
• Section E: Culture and Clinical Practice
• Section F: Culture and Psychological Therapy
• Chapter G: Culture and Therapy with Special Subpopulations
• Section H: Social Phenomena and Therapeutic Considerations
• Sectoin I: Research, Theory, and Training
• Appendix: List of Books Relating to the Subject of Culture, Psychiatry, and Mental Health
• Author Index
• Subject Index