Culture and Mental Health
Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice
1. Edition January 2009
362 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-6983-7
John Wiley & Sons
Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives.
* Introduces students to the main topics and issues in the area of mental health using culture as the focus
* Emphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization, perception, health-seeking behaviors, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the context of cultural variations
* Reviews and actively encourages the reader to consider issues related to reliability, validity and standardization of commonly used psychological assessment instruments among different cultural groups
* Highlights the widely used DSM-IV-TR categorization of culture-bound syndromes
List of Figures and Tables.
Notes on Editors and Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I. General Issues in Culture and Mental Health .
1. Introduction to Culture and Psychopathology: Sussie Eshun (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Regan A. R. Gurung (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay).
2. Culture and Mental Health Assessment: Bonnie A. Green (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania).
3. Stress and Mental Health: Regan A. R. Gurung (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay) and Angela Roethel-Wendorf (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
4. Managing Job Stress: Cross-Cultural Variations in Adjustment: Joseph P. Eshun, Jr. (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Kevin J. Kelley (Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley).
5. Chronic Pain: Cultural Sensitivity to Pain: Jyh-Hann Chang (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania).
6. Placing the Soul Back into Psychology: Religion in the Psychotherapy Process: Paul E. Priester (North Park University), Shiva Khalili (Tehran University), and Jose E. Luvathingal (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
7. Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World: Laura R. Johnson (University of Mississippi), Gilberte Bastien (University of Mississippi), and Michael J. Hirschel (University of Mississippi).
8. International Perspectives on Culture and Mental Health: P. S. D. V. Prasadarao (University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ)
Part II. Cross-Cultural Issues in Specific Psychological Disorders.
9. Culture and Mood Disorders: Sussie Eshun (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Toy Caldwell-Colbert (formerly Central State University).
10. Culture and Anxiety Disorders: Simon A. Rego (Albert Einstein College of Medicine).
11. Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress: Peter D. Yeomans (San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and Evan M. Forman (Drexel University).
12. Culture and Psychotic Disorders: Kristin M. Vespia (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay).
13. Culture and Eating Disorders: Megan A. Markey Hood (Saint Louis University), Jillon S. Vander Wal (Saint Louis University), and Judith L. Gibbons (Saint Louis University).
14. Culture and Suicide: David Lester (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ).
Author Index.
Subject Index
Notes on Editors and Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I. General Issues in Culture and Mental Health .
1. Introduction to Culture and Psychopathology: Sussie Eshun (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Regan A. R. Gurung (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay).
2. Culture and Mental Health Assessment: Bonnie A. Green (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania).
3. Stress and Mental Health: Regan A. R. Gurung (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay) and Angela Roethel-Wendorf (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
4. Managing Job Stress: Cross-Cultural Variations in Adjustment: Joseph P. Eshun, Jr. (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Kevin J. Kelley (Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley).
5. Chronic Pain: Cultural Sensitivity to Pain: Jyh-Hann Chang (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania).
6. Placing the Soul Back into Psychology: Religion in the Psychotherapy Process: Paul E. Priester (North Park University), Shiva Khalili (Tehran University), and Jose E. Luvathingal (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
7. Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World: Laura R. Johnson (University of Mississippi), Gilberte Bastien (University of Mississippi), and Michael J. Hirschel (University of Mississippi).
8. International Perspectives on Culture and Mental Health: P. S. D. V. Prasadarao (University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ)
Part II. Cross-Cultural Issues in Specific Psychological Disorders.
9. Culture and Mood Disorders: Sussie Eshun (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Toy Caldwell-Colbert (formerly Central State University).
10. Culture and Anxiety Disorders: Simon A. Rego (Albert Einstein College of Medicine).
11. Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress: Peter D. Yeomans (San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and Evan M. Forman (Drexel University).
12. Culture and Psychotic Disorders: Kristin M. Vespia (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay).
13. Culture and Eating Disorders: Megan A. Markey Hood (Saint Louis University), Jillon S. Vander Wal (Saint Louis University), and Judith L. Gibbons (Saint Louis University).
14. Culture and Suicide: David Lester (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ).
Author Index.
Subject Index
"Eshun and Gurung's book represents the latest and best
effort to compile the information about culture and mental health
available in the field today. They have assembled some of the best
scholars in the field to bring to bear their expertise in each of
their respective areas. Readers will be enlightened with the
exceptional information described in each of the chapters. The text
is relevant, well written, and engaging, and Eshun and Gurung are
to be commended for an exceptional effort that will be a standard
in the field." -David Matsumoto, San Francisco
State University
"Specifically focusing on the work of counselors and
clinicians, and especially oriented to students and trainees
aspiring to careers in the helping professions, this volume
provides a rich introduction to the multitude of ways in which
culture shapes everyday life, its various challenges, and their
solutions. Far from an abstract and empty notion, Eshun and
Gurung's collection adds flesh, bones, and blood to the
notion of 'culture' and offers persuasive illustrations
of what is meant by the term 'cultural
competence.'"-Larry Davidson, Yale
University
"Eshun, Gurung, and their contributing scholars provide a
broad overview of culture and mental health. The book is well worth
considering for graduate courses in counseling, psychology, and
related fields."-Steven Lopez, University of
Southern California
"Culture and Mental Health comes to grips with the
complexities of the field without overwhelming or intimidating its
readers. Thoroughly documented and up to date, the book is relevant
for clinicians and researchers at all levels of training and
experience."-Juris G. Draguns, Professor Emeritus of
Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
effort to compile the information about culture and mental health
available in the field today. They have assembled some of the best
scholars in the field to bring to bear their expertise in each of
their respective areas. Readers will be enlightened with the
exceptional information described in each of the chapters. The text
is relevant, well written, and engaging, and Eshun and Gurung are
to be commended for an exceptional effort that will be a standard
in the field." -David Matsumoto, San Francisco
State University
"Specifically focusing on the work of counselors and
clinicians, and especially oriented to students and trainees
aspiring to careers in the helping professions, this volume
provides a rich introduction to the multitude of ways in which
culture shapes everyday life, its various challenges, and their
solutions. Far from an abstract and empty notion, Eshun and
Gurung's collection adds flesh, bones, and blood to the
notion of 'culture' and offers persuasive illustrations
of what is meant by the term 'cultural
competence.'"-Larry Davidson, Yale
University
"Eshun, Gurung, and their contributing scholars provide a
broad overview of culture and mental health. The book is well worth
considering for graduate courses in counseling, psychology, and
related fields."-Steven Lopez, University of
Southern California
"Culture and Mental Health comes to grips with the
complexities of the field without overwhelming or intimidating its
readers. Thoroughly documented and up to date, the book is relevant
for clinicians and researchers at all levels of training and
experience."-Juris G. Draguns, Professor Emeritus of
Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Sussie Eshun is a licensed psychologist and Professor of
Psychology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. In
addition to clinical practice, she has several publications on the
role of culture in suicide, depression, and stress. She has
developed and taught several courses on culture, adjustment, and
human development, and is a strong advocate for including empirical
research on cultural diversity in the curriculum. She currently
serves as Chair for the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
at her campus and has been actively involved in workshops and
seminars with the Office of Diversity at the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education's (PASSHE) chancellor's office. She has
been awarded several diversity grants for mentoring ethnic minority
high school students and also for recruitment and retention of
diverse faculty.
Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human Development
department and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is also Co-Director of the
University of Wisconsin Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program, has
been a UWGB Teaching Fellow, a UW System Teaching Scholar, and is
winner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the
Founder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship, as well as UW
Teaching-at-its-Best, Creative Teaching, and Featured Faculty
Awards. He is the author of two other books: Health Psychology:
A Cultural Approach (2e, 2010) and Optimizing Teaching and
Learning: Catalyzing Pedagogical Research (with Beth Schwartz),
and is co-editor of two other books: Getting Culture? Best
Practices for Incorporating Culture into the Curriculum (with
Loreto Prieto), and Practicing our Signatures: Teaching
Disciplinary Habits of Mind (with Nancy Chick and Aeron
Haynie).
Psychology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. In
addition to clinical practice, she has several publications on the
role of culture in suicide, depression, and stress. She has
developed and taught several courses on culture, adjustment, and
human development, and is a strong advocate for including empirical
research on cultural diversity in the curriculum. She currently
serves as Chair for the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
at her campus and has been actively involved in workshops and
seminars with the Office of Diversity at the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education's (PASSHE) chancellor's office. She has
been awarded several diversity grants for mentoring ethnic minority
high school students and also for recruitment and retention of
diverse faculty.
Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human Development
department and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is also Co-Director of the
University of Wisconsin Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program, has
been a UWGB Teaching Fellow, a UW System Teaching Scholar, and is
winner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the
Founder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship, as well as UW
Teaching-at-its-Best, Creative Teaching, and Featured Faculty
Awards. He is the author of two other books: Health Psychology:
A Cultural Approach (2e, 2010) and Optimizing Teaching and
Learning: Catalyzing Pedagogical Research (with Beth Schwartz),
and is co-editor of two other books: Getting Culture? Best
Practices for Incorporating Culture into the Curriculum (with
Loreto Prieto), and Practicing our Signatures: Teaching
Disciplinary Habits of Mind (with Nancy Chick and Aeron
Haynie).