Culture and Mental Health Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

by Eshun, Sussie; Gurung, Regan A. R.

• ISBN13: 9781405169820
• ISBN10: 1405169826
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-27
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Author Biography

Sussie Eshun is a licensed psychologist and Professor of Psychology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. In addition to clinical practice, she has several publications on the role of culture in suicide, depression, and stress. She has developed and taught several courses on culture, adjustment, and human development, and is a strong advocate for including empirical research on cultural diversity in the curriculum.

Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human Development Department and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is also co-Director of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program and is winner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Founder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship. He is also the author of Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2nd edition) and co-editor of Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity across the Curriculum (2009).

Table of Contents

Notes on Editors and Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
General Issues in Culture and Mental Health	p. 1
Introduction to Culture and Psychopathology	p. 3
Culture and Mental Health Assessment	p. 19
Stress and Mental Health	p. 35
Managing Job Stress: Cross-Cultural Variations in Adjustment	p. 55
Chronic Pain: Cultural Sensitivity to Pain	p. 71
Placing the Soul Back into Psychology: Religion in the Psychotherapy Process	p. 91
Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World	p. 115
International Perspectives on Culture and Mental Health	p. 149
Cross-Cultural Issues in Specific Psychological Disorders	p. 179
Culture and Mood Disorders	p. 181
Culture and Anxiety Disorders	p. 197
Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress	p. 221
Culture and Psychotic Disorders	p. 245
Culture and Eating Disorders	p. 273
Culture and Suicide	p. 297
Author Index	p. 321
Subject Index	p. 339
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