Culture and Mental Health

Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

Regan A R Gurung editor Sussie Eshun editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:16th Jan '09

Should be back in stock very soon

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Culture and Mental Health cover

Culture and Mental Health 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

"Overall, this book is well worth taking out from a local library." (Mental Health Practice, 1 November 2011)

"Culture and Mental Health is an extremely thought-provoking collection of commentaries containing a wealth of information within which all readers are bound to find something both new and informative to them in their practice....." (CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, November 2010)"This title is useful both in the library and in the classroom." (CHOICE, September 2009) 

ISBN: 9781405169820

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 21mm

Weight: 640g

368 pages