Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
Contents
An Anthropologist Becomes a Psychotherapist: Lessons from Shamanistic Healing -- Medical Anthropology Concepts -- The Biology of Hope -- Sociocultural and Psychological Assessment of the Latino Immigrant Managed Care Patient -- Acculturation Stress -- Socioeconomic Status of the Latino Client -- Migration and Mental Health -- Communication Style -- Ethnic Identity and Value Orientation -- Gender Issues -- Cultural Mores -- Health Beliefs and Practices -- Techniques That Work with the Spanish-Speaking Client -- The Social Status of the Therapist -- Gender of the Psychotherapist -- Metaphor and Misery: Does Everyone Think the Same Way? -- Cognitive Development and Schooling -- Metaphors: Some Examples -- The Typical Course of Therapy with the Spanish-Speaking, Time-Limited Patient -- Clinical Issues -- Pain Control and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Marital Problems Among Immigrants -- Attention Deficit Disorders with Hyperactivity -- Anxiety and Depression -- Anger Management -- Panic Disorders -- Sexual Dysfunction -- Psychopharmacology and the Spanish-Speaking Patient -- Rebellious Teens -- AIDS -- Alcohol, Tuberculosis, and the Spanish-Speaking Immigrant -- Useful Intervention Techniques for the Latino Alcoholic Client -- The Tuberculosis Patient -- Maria, the Murderer, and the Misogynist -- The Case -- The Therapy Process: The Client -- The Therapy Process: The Therapist -- The Non-Latino Psychotherapist and the Spanish-Speaking Patient -- Using Interpreters -- Hypnotic Inductions in English and Spanish.