Clinical methods in transcultural psychiatry
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Clinical methods in transcultural psychiatry
American Psychiatric Press, c1998
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
As the international community shrinks into a global village, cultures mix, meld, and blur, presenting psychiatric professionals with new challenges: a growing number of patients of different nationalities, ethnicities, and backgrounds. These sociocultural identities, so integral to personality, must be recognized and taken into account when diagnosing and treating mental illness. This is the premise behind transcultural psychiatry.
On the leading edge of an emerging discipline, this compendium by respected clinicians from around the world is one of the first books to offer an in-depth look at transcultural psychiatry. Concise yet comprehensive, Clinical Methods in Transcultural Psychiatry draws on a wealth of case studies and relevant clinical experience to provide practicing clinicians with a basic foundation of "culturally informed" psychiatry on which they can build. Logically organized into six sections, the book begins with an overview of transcultural psychiatry and then moves to the important topic of cultural psychiatry and mental health services. Treatment approaches are addressed next, followed by highlights of recent research; special topics, such as how religious and supernatural beliefs affect behavior; and discussions and recommendations on education and training in transcultural psychiatry. The final section emphasizes families in cultural transition, focusing on the needs of women and children.
Although transcultural psychiatry has never been more relevant than today, most psychiatric textbooks only briefly address it. This fascinating work-covering everything from the impact of magic and religion in Italy to class, culture, and religion in London's inner city-familiarizes readers with the principles and practices of transcultural psychiatry, focusing on the significance of cultural factors in the causes and meanings behind the pain and suffering-as well as the healing-of mental illness.
目次
Introduction and background. An Overview of Transcultural Psychiatry. Transcultural psychiatry: A note on origins and definitions. Recollections of culture and personality. Psychological and clinical aspects of immigration and mental health. Cultural Psychiatry and Mental Health Services. Cultural epistemology and value orientations: clinical applications in transcultural psychiatry. Healing systems in a multicultural setting. The New Zealand Maori and the contemporary health system: response of an indigenous people to mainstream medicine. Negotiating across class, culture, and religion: psychiatry in the English inner city. Clinical applications of cultural psychiatry in Arabian Gulf communities. Ethnicity and psychopharmacology: the experience of Southeast Asians. Religion and mental health: the need for cultural sensitivity and synthesis. Treatment Approaches. Culture's role in clinical psychiatric assessment. Somatization and psychologization: understanding cultural idioms of distress. The therapeutic alliance across cultures. Commonsense reasoning in the transcultural psychotherapy process. Recent Research and Special Topics. Somatization patterns in Mediterranean migrants. Cohabiting with magic and religion in Italy: cultural and clinical results. Education and Training. Developing curricula for transcultural mental health for trainees and trainers. Women and Children. Children and families in cultural transition. Psychological consequences of torture: clinical needs of refugee women. Culture and psychiatry: an Indian overview of issues in women and children. Epilogue. Index.
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