Michael E. Illovsky

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities and the Poor (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities, and the Poor provides mental health professionals with information essential to the accurate assessment and effective treatment of diver populations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135345365
• Artikelnr.: 39265943

Autorenporträt

Michael E. Illovsky

Inhaltsangabe

bPREFACE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Terms Used
Chapter 2: FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PROVIDINGSERVICES TO CROSS-CULTURAL
PERSONS
Differences that Might Mitigate Therapeutic Effects When Counseling
Minorities
Solutions to Consider
Selection of Mental Health Professionals, Training, Power, and Politics
Counselor Selection and Education
Insights from Assessment
Mental Health Training and the Poor
Necessary and Sufficient Skills
Power Dynamics
Chapter 3: Minority Mental HealthResearch
Minority Mental Health Research
Minorities in the General Mental Health Literature
Minority Mental Health Research
Analysis of Minority Mental Health Research
Ethnic Group Classifications
Ethnic Research
Misuse of Minority Data Reporting
CHAPTER 4: USING TECHNOLOGY
Human Impediments
Minority Education, Training, and Community Development
CHAPTER 5: EVOLUTIONARYPSYCHOLOGY--WITH CROSS-CULTURAL APPLICATIONS
Evolution (Biological)
Evolutionary Psychology
Mental Disorders
Evolutionary Approaches to Cross-Cultural Therapy
CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS: SEXUALORIENTATION, DISABILITIES, CHILDREN,
WOMEN, THEELDERLY
Sexual Orientation/Homosexuality
Minorities with Disabilites
Ethnic Minority Children
Ethnic Minority Women
Ethnic Minority Elderly
Minorities in Rural Areas
Middle-Class Minorities
CHAPTER7: WORLD MENTAL HEALTH--IT ISN'T THE FAULT OF THEMINORITIES AND THE
POOR
Why Study Other Cultures?
Why and How Do Inequalities Exist?
World Mental Health of Minorities and the Poor
Findings and Solutions
CHAPTER 8: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Scholarship and Action
Therapy and Action
Institutional Skills
Technology and Information
Counseling Models
Contributions of Other Cultures
Universal Perspective
REFERENCES
INDEX