Cross-cultural assessment of psychological trauma and PTSD
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Cross-cultural assessment of psychological trauma and PTSD
（International and cultural psychology series / series editor, Anthony J. Marsella）
Springer, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This work is a vital set of insights and guidelines that will contribute to more aware and meaningful practice for mental health professionals. Focusing equally on theoretical concepts, culturally valid assessment methods, and cultural adaptation in trauma and resilience, an array of experts present the cutting edge of research and strategies. Extended case studies illustrate an informative range of symptom profiles, comorbid conditions, and coping skills, as well as secondary traumas that can occur in asylum seekers.
Table of Contents
PART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CROSS-CULTURAL ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA Chapter 1: The Lens of Culture: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives in the Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD
John P. Wilson Chapter 2: Cultural-Ecological Perspectives on the Understanding and Assessment of Trauma
Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand Chapter 3: Ethnomedical Best Practices for International Psychosocial Efforts in Disaster and Trauma
|Siddharth Ashvin Shah Chapter 4: Assessing Trauma Across Cultures from a Multigenerational Perspective
Yael Danieli Chapter 5: Refugee Assessment Practices and Cultural Competency Training
Richard Dana Chapter 6: Wrestling with Ghosts from the Past in Exile: Assessing Trauma in Asylum Seekers
Boris Drozdek & John P. Wilson PART II: ASSESSMENT METHODS Chapter 7: Assessment of PTSD and Psychiatric Morbidity in Contemporary Chinese Societies
Catherine So-kum Tang Chapter 8: Culture and the Assessment of Trauma in Youth
Kathleen Nader Chapter 9: The Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire : An International Perspective
Charles R. Marmar, Thomas J. Metzler, Christian Otte, Shannon McCaslin, Sabra Inslicht, Clare Henn Haase Chapter 10: Cross Cultural Use of the Impact of Events Scale - Revised (IES-R)
Daniel Weiss Chapter 11: Posttraumatic Stress in Asylum Seekers from Chechnya, Afghanistan and West Africa - Differential Findings Obtained by Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Three Austrian Samples
Walter Renner, Ingrid Salem & Klaus Ottomeyer PART III: TRAUMA AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION Chapter 12: The Cross-Cultural Assessment ofDissociation
Robert Lewis-Fernandez, Alfonso Martinez-Taboas, Vedat Sar, Sapana Patel, & Adeline Boatin Chapter 13: Mass Psychological Trauma and PTSD: Epidemic or Cultural Illusion?
Derrick Silove, Zachary Steele, & Adrian Bauman Chapter 14: Assessment of Trauma for Aboriginal People
Beverly Raphael, Pat Delaney, & Daniel Bonner Chapter 15: Combined Psychosocial & Pharmacological Treatment of Traumatized Refugees
J. David Kinzie Chapter 16: Western Psychiatry and Difficulty Understanding and Treating Hmong Refugees
Joe Westermeyer and S. Cheng Her
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