Eshun / Gurung Culture and Mental Health

Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0581-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at theresearch pertaining to common psychological disorders, examininghow mental health can be studied from and vary according todifferent cultural perspectives.
* Introduces students to the main topics and issues in the areaof mental health using culture as the focus
* Emphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization,perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, andtreatment in the context of cultural variations
* Reviews and actively encourages the reader to consider issuesrelated to reliability, validity and standardization of commonlyused psychological assessment instruments among different culturalgroups
* Highlights the widely used DSM-IV-TR categorization ofculture-bound syndromes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eshun, Sussie

Gurung, Regan A. R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables.
Notes on Editors and Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I. General Issues in Culture and MentalHealth .
1. Introduction to Culture and Psychopathology: Sussie Eshun(East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Regan A. R.Gurung (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay).
2. Culture and Mental Health Assessment: Bonnie A. Green (EastStroudsburg University of Pennsylvania).
3. Stress and Mental Health: Regan A. R. Gurung (University ofWisconsin, Green Bay) and Angela Roethel-Wendorf (University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee).
4. Managing Job Stress: Cross-Cultural Variations in Adjustment:Joseph P. Eshun, Jr. (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania)and Kevin J. Kelley (Pennsylvania State University, LehighValley).
5. Chronic Pain: Cultural Sensitivity to Pain: Jyh-Hann Chang(East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania).
6. Placing the Soul Back into Psychology: Religion in thePsychotherapy Process: Paul E. Priester (North Park University),Shiva Khalili (Tehran University), and Jose E. Luvathingal(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
7. Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World: Laura R. Johnson(University of Mississippi), Gilberte Bastien (University ofMississippi), and Michael J. Hirschel (University ofMississippi).
8. International Perspectives on Culture and Mental Health: P.S. D. V. Prasadarao (University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ)
Part II. Cross-Cultural Issues in Specific PsychologicalDisorders.
9. Culture and Mood Disorders: Sussie Eshun (East StroudsburgUniversity of Pennsylvania) and Toy Caldwell-Colbert (formerlyCentral State University).
10. Culture and Anxiety Disorders: Simon A. Rego (AlbertEinstein College of Medicine).
11. Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress: Peter D. Yeomans (SanFrancisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and Evan M. Forman(Drexel University).
12. Culture and Psychotic Disorders: Kristin M. Vespia(University of Wisconsin, Green Bay).
13. Culture and Eating Disorders: Megan A. Markey Hood (SaintLouis University), Jillon S. Vander Wal (Saint Louis University),and Judith L. Gibbons (Saint Louis University).
14. Culture and Suicide: David Lester (The Richard StocktonCollege of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ).
Author Index.
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sussie Eshun is a licensed psychologist and Professor ofPsychology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Inaddition to clinical practice, she has several publications on therole of culture in suicide, depression, and stress. She hasdeveloped and taught several courses on culture, adjustment, andhuman development, and is a strong advocate for including empiricalresearch on cultural diversity in the curriculum.
Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human DevelopmentDepartment and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at theUniversity of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is also co-Director of theUniversity of Wisconsin Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program and iswinner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and theFounder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship. He is also theauthor of Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2ndedition) and co-editor of Getting Culture: IncorporatingDiversity across the Curriculum (2009).