Handbook of multicultural mental health : assessment and treatment of diverse populations / edited by Israel Cuéllar, Freddy A. Paniagua.

Author/creator Cuéllar, Israel
Other author Paniagua, Freddy A.
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Diego : Academic Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxxx, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Overview theory, models, and demographics -- Culture and mental health: an introduction and overview of foundations, concepts, and issues -- Cultural models of health and illness -- Acculturation and mental health: ecological transactional relations of adjustment -- Gender as subculture: the first division of multicultural diversity -- Multicultural demographic developments: current and future trends -- Methodology -- Culture and methodology in personality assessment -- Test translation and cultural equivalence methodologies for use with diverse populations -- Assessment and treatment -- Culture-bound syndromes, cultural variations, and psychopathology -- Assessing and treating Asian Americans: recent advances -- Mental health assessment and treatment of African Americans: a multicultural perspective -- Assessing and treating Latinos: overview of research -- Assessing and treating American Indians and Alaska natives -- Multicultural issues in treating clients with HIV/AIDS from the African American, American Indian, Asian, and Hispanic populations -- History: current status, and future of multicultural psychotherapy -- Conducting the cross-cultural clinical interview -- Mental health of culturally diverse elderly: research and clinical issues -- Race, ethnicity, and the epidemiology of mental disorders in adults -- Depression and suicidal behaviors among adolescents: the role of ethnicity -- Culturally competent use of the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 with minorities -- Neuropsychological assessment of ethnic minorities: clinical issues -- Training in cultural competence -- Limitations of the multicultural approach to psychotherapy with diverse clients -- Responding to the challenge: preparing mental health professionals for the new Millennium.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99066278
ISBN0121993701 :