Handbook of Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology (Critical Issues in Neuropsychology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: August 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780306463235
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Physiological & neuro-psychology; Cross-Cultural Psychology; Psychology; Anthropology - Cultural; Mental Health; Neuropsychology; Medical : Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry / Neuropsychology; Social Science : Anthropology - Cultural; Social Psychology; Clinical neuropsychology; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cross-cultural studies; Ethnic Groups
First sentence: The American Psychological Association's (1993) "Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations" were developed in acknowledgment of the growing social presence of diverse cultural groups and of the need for psychological service providers to develop the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to work with those clients/patients whose cultural backgrounds may be different from that of the professional.