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Culture and Mental Health
Sussie EshunRegan A. R. Gurung
其他書名
Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice
出版John Wiley & Sons, 2009-02-11
主題Psychology / Social PsychologyPsychology / General
ISBN14443058169781444305814
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Y6uUDBBGqF4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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