Culture and Conflict in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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

• ISBN13: 9780765705938
• ISBN10: 0765705931
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-28
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

This volume, part of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions' book series, "Working with Children & Adolescents," aims to bring up-to-date empirically derived knowledge on transcultural themes as they affect child and adolescent mental adjustment and to assist those seeking to understand and ameliorate the mental health problems of children and young people. The contributors represent expert views supported by empirical and clinical experiences. First, they address relevant general transcultural issues for child mental health (i.e., political turmoil, the effects of stigma, anthropological considerations, international adoptions, and the adjustment of specific immigrant groups). Second, the contributors address cultural aspects of specific child and adolescent mental health disorders. Third, the book covers the training of professionals in transcultural child psychiatry and the setting up of temporary interventions in war and conflict areas. Book jacket.

Author Biography

M. Elena Garralda is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Imperial College, London Jean-Philippe Raynaud is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse

Table of Contents

Iacapap Book Series	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
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
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 273
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