Freddy A. Paniagua

Diagnosis in a Multicultural Context

A Casebook for Mental Health Professionals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Diagnosis in a Multicultural Context provides mental health professionals with materials to practice the application of cross-cultural variations on standard diagnostic guidelines. Freddy A Paniagua offers clinical case examples to illustrate the cross-cultural variations applicable in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of clients from four major cultural groups: African Americans, American Indians, Asians and Hispanics. This companion volume to Paniagua's Assessing and Treating Diverse Clients (Second Edition, SAGE 1998) clarifies and expands the content of the previous book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780761917892
• ISBN-10: 0761917896
• Artikelnr.: 21462486

Inhaltsangabe

Overview of Demographic Findings and Cultural Variants across African
Americans, American Indians, Asian, and Hispanics
Cultural Variations in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
DSM-IV
Assessment in a Cultural Context
Treatment in a Cultural Context
Applications of Cultural Variables with Childhood and Adolescent
Psychiatric Disorders
Applications of Cultural Variables with other Psychiatric Disorders in
Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Cross-Cultural Variations with Other Conditions That May Be the Focus of
Clinical Attention
Practicing Clinical Cases