Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice by Eshun, Sussie

Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405169820)

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Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice by Eshun, Sussie

Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

$72.95
Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice by Eshun, Sussie

Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

$72.95
Format: Paperback
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Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives.
  • Introduces students to the main topics and issues in the area of mental health using culture as the focus
  • Emphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization, perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the context of cultural variations
  • Reviews and actively encourages the reader to consider issues related to reliability, validity and standardization of commonly used psychological assessment instruments among different cultural groups
  • Highlights the widely used DSM-IV-TR categorization of culture-bound syndromes


Author: Sussie Eshun
ISBN-10: 1405169826
ISBN-13: 9781405169820
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2009
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.64h x 6.73w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2009
By Sussie Eshun
By Sussie Eshun
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Sussie Eshun is a licensed psychologist and Professor of Psychology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. In addition to clinical practice, she has several publications on the role of culture in suicide, depression, and stress. She has developed and taught several courses on culture, adjustment, and human development, and is a strong advocate for including empirical research on cultural diversity in the curriculum.

Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human Development Department and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is also co-Director of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program and is winner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Founder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship. He is also the author of Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2nd edition) and co-editor of Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity across the Curriculum (2009).

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