Cross-cultural psychiatry : a practical guide
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Cross-cultural psychiatry : a practical guide
Arnold , Co-published in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A practical guide to managing the mental health care of patients from different cultures.
Within our increasingly multi-cultural society, the needs of patients from other cultures, especially the minority ethnic groups, are being recognized at local and national levels. Cross-cultural Psychiatry shows in detail how to adapt traditional clinical practice for the cross-cultural client.
Table of Contents
Clinical assessment of patients: Introduction
Theoretical background
Migration
Acculturation
Generational differences
Practical implications
Communication and cultural distance
Adverse events
World view
Mind-body dualism
Psychosis
Hallucinations
Violence risk and personality disorders
Cognitive assessment
Conclusions
Principles of management: Introduction
Psychological treatments
Definitions
Language
Racial and cultural identity
Psychotherapy
Cognitive and behaviour therapy
Couples and therapists
Family therapy
Ethnicity and psychopharmacology: Ethnicity
Traditional remedies
Pharmacodynamics
Transcultural psychiatry: generational problem: Introduction
Culture and identity
Specific psychiatric conditions
Schizophrenia
Depression and anxiety
Alcohol use
Problems and suggested solutions
Conclusions
Training and supervision for Mental Health Service in a multi-cultural society: Introduction
General professional training
Specialist training in psychiatry
In-service training
Clinical supervision
Conclusions.
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