Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Subtitle: Implications for Mental Health Assessment
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: September 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781593853488
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Multicultural studies; Mental Disorders; Clinical Adolescent Psychology; Clinical Child Psychology; Psychology; Developmental - Child; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Developmental - Adolescent; Psychopathology - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; Child psychopathology; Clinical Psychology; Adolescent psychopathology; Cross-cultural studies
Description: "The volume explores multicultural aspects of psychopathology from two major perspectives: empirically based and diagnostically based approaches. Assessment instruments used within each approach are thoroughly described, and international findings are reviewed and compared. Providing the most systematic examination m date of similarities and differences between cultures in the prevalence, patterns, and correlates of the problems reported for children, the authors analyze what the data reveal about general and culture-specific processes in psychopathology. They address methodological challenges, suggest ways that assessment may need to be adapted to the realities of different cultural contexts, and highlight evidence-based instruments and procedures that are particularly suited to multicultural applications. With an eye toward prevention and treatment, the book discusses specific contributions that multicultural research can make to identifying children and families at risk and developing effective clinical services."--Jacket.