Culture and Mental Health

Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice

Eshun, Sussie / Gurung, Regan A. R. (Editor)

1. Edition January 2009
368 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

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What is culture, and how does it influence perceptions about mental health? Culture and Mental Health examines the role of sociocultural issues on mental health, psychological disorders, and assessment. The book takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety, presenting a refreshing new approach to understanding mental health. The book is specifically designed to help readers understand the meaning of culture, how health behaviors vary within cultures, and how cultural factors affect well-being.

ISBN: 978-1-4051-6982-0

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List of figures.

List of tables.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: General Issues in Culture and Mental Health.

1. Introduction to Culture and Psychopathology.

2. Culture and Mental Health Assessment.

3. Stress and Mental Health.

4. Managing Job Stress: Cross-Cultural Variations in Adjustment.

5. Chronic Pain: Cultural Sensitivity to Pain.

6. Placing the Soul Back into Psychology: Religion in the Psychotherapy Process.

7. Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World.

8. Culture and mental health: An international perspective.

Part II: Cross-cultural Issues in Specific Psychological Disorders.

9. Culture and mood disorders.

10. Culture and Anxiety Disorders.

11. Cultural Factors in Traumatic Stress.

12. Culture and Psychotic Disorders.

13. Culture and Eating Disorders.

14. Culture and Suicide

"Overall, this book is well worth taking out from a local library." (Mental Health Practice, 1 November 2011)

"Culture and Mental Health is an extremely thought-provoking collection of commentaries containing a wealth of information within which all readers are bound to find something both new and informative to them in their practice....." (CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, November 2010)"This title is useful both in the library and in the classroom." (CHOICE, September 2009)

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.

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 and is winner of the Founder's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Founder's Award for Excellence in Scholarship. He is also the author of Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2nd edition) and co-editor of Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity across the Curriculum (2009).

S. Eshun, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania; R. A. R. Gurung, University of Wisconsin Green Bay