Culture, heritage, and diversity in older adult mental health care / edited by Maria D. Llorente.

The term culture is multifaceted and may refer to one's belief system, values, religion, race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, geographic location, educational level, age, occupational risks and exposures, and gender. The authors of the book examine mental health...

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Other Authors: Llorente, Maria D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why is cultural competency important when working with older adults? / Amy Gajaria, Ebony Dix, Ken Sakauye, Maria D. Llorente
  • Cultural competence in geriatric psychiatry : teaching and evaluative methods / Ken Sakauye, Shuo Sally He, Ebony Dix, Raissa Tanqueco, Iqbal Ahmed
  • Migration, acculturation, and mental health / Carl I. Cohen, Pachida Lo, Carine Nzodom, Samra Sahlu
  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders / Madeline Nykamp, Shiv Lamba, Nhi-Ha Trinh, Jai C. Gandhi, Lan Chi Vo, Iqbal Ahmed
  • Culturally competent care for geriatric indigenous peoples : American Indians, Alaska Natives, First Nations, and Native Hawaiians / Mary Hasbah Roessel, Linda Nahulu, Mira Zein
  • African American older adults / Rita Hargrave
  • Cultural competency and Latino elders / Vicenzio Holder-Perkins
  • Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults / R. Dakota Carter, Siddarth Puri, Rebecca Radue, Daniel D. Sewell
  • Rural elderly / Rebecca Radue, Susan K. Schultz
  • The seventh age : centenarians / Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Yasmin Banaei
  • Cultural competency and veterans / Marilyn Horvath, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Maria D. Llorente.