Culture and Mental Health

Culture and Mental Health
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9781444305814
ISBN-13 : 1444305816
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Book Synopsis Culture and Mental Health by : Sussie Eshun

Download or read book Culture and Mental Health written by Sussie Eshun and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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