Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health
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Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health

A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies

  1. 409 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health

A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies

About this book

The Korean American community is one of the major Asian ethnic subgroups in the United States. Though considered among one of the model minority groups, excelling academically and professionally, members in this community are plagued by unaddressed mental health obstacles. In Understanding Korean Americans' Mental Health: A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies, the editors, Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Sung Seek Moon, and Haein Son, examine a variety of mental health issues in the Korean American community, including depression, suicide, substance abuse, and trauma, and convincingly connect these challenges to cultural stigma and racial prejudice.

The editors argue that this population and its mental health needs are neglected by current approaches in mainstream mental health services. Alarmingly, the very cultural values that help make up the Korean American community are contributing to its members' reluctance to seek care, counting both familial and communal shame among the most pressing culprits. This book supports these claims with statistical realities and seeks to gather the relatively scarce research that does exist on this topic to underscore the heightened prevalence of mental health issues among Korean Americans, and the contributors make recommendations for more culturally competent practices, program developments, and policies.

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Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Part I: Life Development and Mental Health
  9. Chapter 1: Pathways to Mental Health Service Use for Korean American Adolescents: A Case Study
  10. Chapter 2: Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment among Korean Immigrant Parents
  11. Chapter 3: Depressive symptoms, Life Satisfaction, and Health
  12. Chapter 4: Mental Health and Health Services Used by Korean American Immigrant Older Adults
  13. Chapter 5: Limited English Proficiency, Social Determinants, and the Physical and Mental Health Status of Korean Immigrant Elders
  14. Chapter 6: Gender Differences in Social Network/Support, Technology Use, and Life Satisfaction for Korean Immigrant Elders
  15. Part II: Life Circumstances and Mental Health
  16. Chapter 7: Factors to Mental Health Service Utilization among Korean Americans
  17. Chapter 8: Determinants of Mental Health among Korean Americans
  18. Chapter 9: Shame and Perfectionism in Korean American Culture
  19. Chapter 10: Intimate Partner Violence among Korean Americans in the United States
  20. Chapter 11: Culturally Responsive Substance Abuse Interventions for Korean American
  21. Chapter 12: Suicidal Behavior among Korean American: Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention
  22. Chapter 13: Culturally Competent Treatment Engagement for Korean Americans with Mental Health Issues
  23. Chapter 14: Mental Health and Well-being of Korean Adoptees over the Life Course
  24. Chapter 15: Beyond Immigration and the Family System: Korean American Mental Health in the Context of Historical and Cultural Trauma
  25. Chapter 16: Challenges and Resilience of Korean Early Study Abroad Students: Implications for Practice
  26. Index
  27. About the Editors
  28. About the Contributors