Culture and Conflict in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

by Garralda, Elena M.; Raynaud, Jean-Philippe

• ISBN13: 9780765705921
• ISBN10: 0765705923
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-28
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Imperial College, London, UK. Addresses general transcultural issues of relevance for child mental health and cultural aspects of specific mental health disorders. Also covers training of professionals in transcultural child psychiatry. For psychiatrists. Hardcover, softcover available.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Cultural Issues of Relevance to Child Mental Health
Developmental Challenges in Military Conflict: The Case of Palestinian Children	p. 3
The Effects of Stigma on Mental and Physical Health in Children with Special Reference to African Children	p. 33
Anthropology and Child Psychiatry - The Cambodian Case	p. 57
International Adoption and Mental Health: Long-term Behavioral Outcome	p. 83
The Mental Health of British African-Caribbean Children and Adolescents	p. 107
Cultural Aspects of Specific Mental Health Disorders in Children
Cultural and Clinical Aspects of Conversion Disorders with Special Reference to Turkish Children and Adolescents	p. 133
Cultural and Clinical Aspects of Depressive Disorders in Tunisian Children and Adolescents	p. 157
Suicide in Children and Adolescents: A Japanese Perspective	p. 171
Transgenerational Parent/Child Transmission of Mental Health Problems, Parental Stress, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	p. 191
Training and Interventions
Transcultural Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	p. 205
Setting Up a Mental Health Care Program with Children in Situations of Wars, Disasters, or Crises: Twenty Years of a Humanitarian Experience	p. 223
Child Mental Health Services in War and Peace: Perspectives from Lebanon	p. 247
Index	p. 261
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