Cross-Cultural Psychiatry A Practical Guide

Name: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry A Practical Guide
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ISBN: 9780340763797

ISBN-10: 0340763795

ISBN-13: 9780340763797

Edition: 2000 (Guide (Instructor's))

Authors: Dinesh Bhugra, Kamaldeep Bhui

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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.

Book details

List price: $34.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Hodder Education Group
Publication date: 6/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.80" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction



Clinical assessment of patients


Introduction


Theoretical background


Migration


Acculturation


Generational differences


Practical implications


Psychiatric assessment


Standard mental state examination


Conclusions


References



Principles of management


Introduction


Principles of management


Psychological treatments


Definitions


Psychotherapy


Couples and therapists


Family therapy


Non-specific therapies


References



Ethnicity and psychopharmacology


Introduction


Ethnicity


Traditional remedies


Pharmacodynamics


Non-biological factors


Conclusions


References



Transcultural psychiatry: generational problems


Introduction


Culture and identity


Specific psychiatric conditions


Alcohol use


Problems and suggested solutions


Conclusions


References



Training and supervision for a Mental Health Service in a multicultural society


Introduction


General professional training


Specialist training in psychiatry


In-service training


Clinical supervision


Conclusions


References


Index