Asian American Mental Health Assessment Theories and Methods

Asian American Mental Health Assessment Theories and Methods / edited by Karen Kurasaki, Sumie Okazaki, Stanley Sue.

Asian American Mental Health is a state-of-the-art compendium of the conceptual issues, empirical literature, methodological approaches, and practice guidelines for conducting culturally informed assessments of Asian Americans, and for assessing provider cultural competency within individuals and sy...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kurasaki, Karen (Editor), Okazaki, Sumie (Editor), Sue, Stanley (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:International and Cultural Psychology,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology.
Clinical psychology.
Cross-cultural psychology.
Public health.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Section I: Cultural Relevance of Diagnostic Categories: A Conceptual Discussion
  • 2. Understanding the Rates and Distribution of Mental Disorders
  • 3. Examining the Usefulness of DSM-IV
  • 4. Toward a New Paradigm: A Cultural Systems Approach
  • 5. Challenging the Myth of a Culture Free Nosological System
  • Section II: Theories of Relevant Sociocultural Variables
  • 6. Assessing Acculturation and Cultural Variables
  • 7. Models of Cultural Orientation: Differences Between American-born and Overseas-born Asians
  • 8. Cultural Variations in Self-Construal as a Mediator of Distress and Well-being
  • 9. The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face
  • Section III: Issues of Psychometric Equivalence Across Cultures
  • 10. Universal and Indigenous Dimensions of Chinese Personality
  • 11. Interpreting Cultural Variations in Cognitive Profiles
  • 12. The Conception of Depression in Chinese Americans
  • 13. Assessing Asian and Asian American Parenting: A Review of the Literature
  • Section IV: Culturally Informed Assessment, Research, and Practice
  • 14. Assessing Psychiatric Prevalence Rates Among Asian Americans
  • 15. The Place of Ethnographic Understanding in the Assessment of 219 Asian American Mental Health
  • 16. The Clinical Assessment of Asian American Children
  • 17. Examining the Role of Culture in Educational Assessment
  • 18. A Cultural Accommodation Approach to Career Assessment with Asian Americans
  • 19. Theory and Method of Multicultural Counseling Competency Assessment
  • 20. Assessment of Cultural Competence in Mental Health Systems of Care for Asian Americans
  • Section V: Conclusions
  • 21. Advances in the Scientific Study of Asian Americans
  • Author Index.

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