Culture and Mental Health

Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice
Herausgeber: Eshun, Sussie; Gurung, Regan A R

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is culture, and how does it influence perceptions about mental health? Culture and Mental Health examines the role of sociocultural issues on mental health, psychological disorders, and assessment. The book takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety, presenting a refreshing new approach to understanding mental health. Each chapter emphasizes issues that pertain to perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the context of cultural variations. The book is specifically designed to help readers understand the meaning of culture, how health behaviors vary within cultures, and how cultural factors affect well-being.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 809g
• ISBN-13: 9781405169837
• ISBN-10: 1405169834
• Artikelnr.: 26209604

Autorenporträt

Sussie Eshun is a licensed psychologist and Professor of Psychology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. In addition to clinical practice, she has several publications on the role of culture in suicide, depression, and stress. She has developed and taught several courses on culture, adjustment, and human development, and is a strong advocate for including empirical research on cultural diversity in the curriculum. She currently serves as Chair for the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity at her campus and has been actively involved in workshops and seminars with the Office of Diversity at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's (PASSHE) chancellor's office. She has been awarded several diversity grants for mentoring ethnic minority high school students and also for recruitment and retention of diverse faculty. Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human Development department and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is also Co-Director of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program, has been a UWGB Teaching Fellow, a UW System Teaching Scholar, and is winner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Founder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship, as well as UW Teaching-at-its-Best, Creative Teaching, and Featured Faculty Awards. He is the author of two other books: Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2e, 2010) and Optimizing Teaching and Learning: Catalyzing Pedagogical Research (with Beth Schwartz), and is co-editor of two other books: Getting Culture? Best Practices for Incorporating Culture into the Curriculum (with Loreto Prieto), and Practicing our Signatures: Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind (with Nancy Chick and Aeron Haynie).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures.

List of tables.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: General Issues in Culture and Mental Health.

1. Introduction to Culture and Psychopathology.

2. Culture and Mental Health Assessment.

3. Stress and Mental Health.

4. Managing Job Stress: Cross-Cultural Variations inAdjustment.

5. Chronic Pain: Cultural Sensitivity to Pain.

6. Placing the Soul Back into Psychology: Religion in thePsychotherapy Process.

7. Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World.

8. Culture and mental health: An international perspective.

Part II: Cross-cultural Issues in Specific PsychologicalDisorders.

9. Culture and mood disorders.

10. Culture and Anxiety Disorders.

11. Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress.

12. Culture and Psychotic Disorders.

13. Culture and Eating Disorders.

14. Culture and Suicide

Rezensionen

"Eshun and Gurung's book represents the latest and besteffort to compile the information about culture and mental healthavailable in the field today. They have assembled some of the bestscholars in the field to bring to bear their expertise in each oftheir respective areas. Readers will be enlightened with theexceptional information described in each of the chapters. The textis relevant, well written, and engaging, and Eshun and Gurung areto be commended for an exceptional effort that will be a standardin the field." -David Matsumoto, San FranciscoState University

"Specifically focusing on the work of counselors andclinicians, and especially oriented to students and traineesaspiring to careers in the helping professions, this volumeprovides a rich introduction to the multitude of ways in whichculture shapes everyday life, its various challenges, and theirsolutions. Far from an abstract and empty notion, Eshun andGurung's collection adds flesh, bones, and blood to thenotion of 'culture' and offers persuasive illustrationsof what is meant by the term 'culturalcompetence.'"-Larry Davidson, YaleUniversity

"Eshun, Gurung, and their contributing scholars provide abroad overview of culture and mental health. The book is well worthconsidering for graduate courses in counseling, psychology, andrelated fields."-Steven Lopez, University ofSouthern California

"Culture and Mental Health comes to grips with thecomplexities of the field without overwhelming or intimidating itsreaders. Thoroughly documented and up to date, the book is relevantfor clinicians and researchers at all levels of training andexperience."-Juris G. Draguns, Professor Emeritus ofPsychology, Pennsylvania State University