Title Mental health, race and culture / Suman Fernando.

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Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	616.89 F363M	Check Shelf

Edition	3rd ed.
Description	xi, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-217) and indexes.
Summary	"This is the third, significantly expanded and revised, edition of this seminal text. Incorporating additional contemporary topics, including mental health of refugees, trauma and psychosocial approaches, this text offers an illuminating account of mental health and mental disorder seen cross-culturally and internationally"--Provided by publisher.
Contents	Pt. 1. Theory and tradition. Race and culture : ethnicity and identity ; Traditional approaches to mental health ; Background and culture of psychiatry ; Racism in psychiatry ; Changing discourse in mental health ; Trauma and post-traumatic stress : suffering and violence -- pt. 2. Practice and innovation. Application of psychiatry : bias and imperialism ; Asian and African 'therapy' for mental health ; Mental health in low- and middle income countries ; Mental health of refugees in high-income countries ; Prospects for plurality in therapies for mental health ; Mental health for all
Subject	Psychiatry, Transcultural.
	Psychiatry.
	Cross-Cultural Comparison.
	Mental Disorders -- ethnology.
	Prejudice.
	Race Relations -- psychology.
	Socioeconomic Factors.
	Psychische Gesundheit -- Rasse.
	Rasse -- Psychische Gesundheit.
	Psychische Gesundheit -- Kultur.
	Kultur -- Psychische Gesundheit.
	Ethnische Identität.
	Kulturelle Identität.
	Psychische Gesundheit.
	Transkulturelle Psychiatrie.
	Political refugees -- Mental health.
	Psychiatry, Transcultural. (OCoLC)fst01081208
Other Form:	Online version: Fernando, Suman. Mental health, race and culture. 3rd ed. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 (OCoLC)749021392
ISBN	9780230212718 (paperback : alkaline paper)
	0230212719 (paperback : alkaline paper)

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