Diagnosis in a multicultural context
Subtitle: a casebook for mental health professionals
By: Freddy A. Paniagua.
Series: Multicultural aspects of counseling ;; v. 15; Multicultural aspects of counseling series ;; v. 15.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Psychiatry, Transcultural.; Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Overview of demographic findings and cultural variants : across African Americans, American Indians, Asians, and Hispanics; title: Cultural variations in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; title: Assessment in a cultural context; title: Treatment in a cultural context; title: Applications of cultural variables with examples of psychiatric disorders first diagnosed in childhood and adolescence; title: Applications of cultural variables with other psychiatric disorders in children, adolescents, and adults; title: Cross-cultural variations with other conditions that may be the focus of clinical attention.