Concise guide to cross-cultural psychiatry /

The author of this groundbreaking guide presents an overview of culture in psychiatry using fascinating case studies to propose that ethnicity be used as a central organizing principle to integrate cultural factors in psychiatric care. This book summarizes the specific cultural contribution in each...

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Main Author: Gaw, Albert, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Pub., c2001
Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, c2001
Washington, DC : c2001
Washington, DC : [2001]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Concise guides (American Psychiatric Press)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Culture in Psychiatry
  • 2. Cultural Influences in Psychiatric Care of Native Americans: A Paradigm
  • 3. Culture in DSM-IV
  • 4. Culture-Bound Syndromes
  • 5. Cultural Formulation
  • 6. Cross-Cultural Psychopharmacology
  • 7. Cultural Context of Nonadherence to Psychotropic Medications in Psychiatric Patients
  • 8. Cultural Context of Psychotherapy
  • App. A. Glossary of Culture-Bound Syndromes in DSM-IV
  • App. B. Annotated Bibliography on Cultural Psychiatry and Related Topics
  • App. C. Glossary of Cultural Psychiatry Terms.
  • 1 Culture in Psychiatry
  • 2. Cultural Influences in Psychiatric Care of Native Americans: A Paradigm
  • 3. Culture in DSM-IV
  • 4. Culture-Bound Syndromes
  • 5. Cultural Formulation
  • 6. Cross-Cultural Psychopharmacology
  • 7. Cultural Context of Nonadherence to Psychotropic Medications in Psychiatric Patients
  • 8. Cultural Context of Psychotherapy
  • App. A. Glossary of Culture-Bound Syndromes in DSM-IV
  • App. B. Annotated Bibliography on Cultural Psychiatry and Related Topics
  • App. C. Glossary of Cultural Psychiatry Terms.