Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

This book takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives.

Introduces students to the main topics and issues in the area of mental health using culture as the focus
Emphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization, perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the context of cultural variations
Reviews and actively encourages the reader to consider issues related to reliability, validity and standardization of commonly used psychological assessment instruments among different cultural groups
Highlights the widely used DSM-IV-TR categorization of culture-bound syndromes

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Eshun, Sussie and Gurung, Regan A.R.

ISBN:

978-1-40-516983-7

Specialty:

• Psychology
• Social Psychology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

368

Publication Year:

2009