Appalachian Mental Health (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813116143)

This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors-anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others-overturn many assumptions held by earlier writers, who have tended to see Appalachia and its people as being dominated by a culture of poverty. While the heterogeneity of the region is acknowledged in the diversity of sub-areas and populations discussed, dominant themes emerge concerning Appa

Author: Susan E. Keefe
ISBN-10: 0813116147
ISBN-13: 9780813116143
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 09/29/1988
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.33w x 0.94d