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Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry
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Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry
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by Wen-Shing Tseng
Sales Rank: 1532634
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List Price: $195.00
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Hardcover: 855 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition May 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0127016325
ISBN-13: 978-0127016320
Product Dimensions:
9.3 x 7.6 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
From Library Journal
Tseng (psychiatry, Univ. of Hawaii Sch. of Medicine) rather redundantly defines "cultural psychiatry" as "a special field of psychiatryprimarily concerned with the cultural aspects of human behavior, mental health, psychopathology, and treatment." In practice, cultural psychiatry is concerned with exploring the adjustments necessary to provide Western-style mental health services to non-Western patients. Tseng's goal was to write the first comprehensive, single-authored handbook on the field (previously, only textbooks and multiauthored handbooks have been published). He succeeds admirably, covering the relationship of culture to mental health, psychopathology, clinical practice, and therapy, as well as work with special populations (e.g., children, the elderly, and refugees) and special problems of cross-cultural research and psychiatric training. Clearly aimed at mental health professionals, this work defines basic terms in anthropology and sociology while taking for granted knowledge of psychiatric terms. Only academic libraries supporting graduate-level programs in psychiatry and clinical psychology should consider. A more affordable alternative is Culture & Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice, edited by Tseng. Public libraries may look into Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (LJ 9/1/97). Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
WOLFGANG G. JILEK, M.D., M.A., M.Sc., Dipl. Psych., FRCP(C) Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia; and former Chair, Transcultural Psychiatric Section, World Psychiatric Association
"conveys, in comprehensive and consistent form, up-to-date knowledge encompassing the entire field of cultural psychiatry"
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