Cultural Variation in Psychopathology - From Research to Practice

Improving mental health care through culturally sensitive research and practiceCulturally sensitive practice is a vital component of effective mental health care in our increasingly diverse societies: Mental illnesses vary in prevalence between cultural and ethnic groups, as do the meanings attached to them and people's responses to them. The important implications of this interplay between culture and psychopathology for diagnosis and treatment are scrutinized and elucidated in this comprehensive and well-organized book, which uniquely looks at a range of practical examples involving various ethnic minority populations in North America and Europe. Leading experts from around the world have integrated divergent topics into a systematic and clinically relevant volume. Cultural Variations in Psychopathology: From Research to Practice is an important resource for researchers and in particular for any mental health professional who works with ethnically diverse communities.

List of contents

Table of ContentsForeword by Dinesh BhugraPreface & AcknowledgmentsI. Introduction: The Relevance of Culture for Mental Health and IllnessIntroduction to Cultural Variations in Psychopathology: From Research to Practiceby Sven Barnow & Nazli BalkirChapter 1: Migration and Mental Health: An Overview from Europe by Meryam Schouler-OcakII. How Culture Shapes Our BrainChapter 2: Understanding the Self: A Cultural Neuroscience Perspective by Shihui HanChapter 3: The Self and Its Emotional Brain by Georg Northoff & Jaak PankseppIII. The Interplay Between Culture and Emotion Regulation: Implications for Mental HealthChapter 4: Socialization of Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Cultural Contextby Gisela Trommsdorff & Tobias HeikampChapter 5: Emotion Regulation in Cultural Context: Implications for Wellness and Illnessby Emily A. ButlerChapter 6: Unpacking Cultural Differences in Emotion Regulation: The Role of Flexibilityby Elisabeth A. ArensIV. Diagnosis: Culture and Psychiatric DisordersChapter 7: Culturally Informing Diagnostic Systems by Juan MezzichChapter 8: Depression and "Somatization" among Two Divergent Cultural Groups by Sofie BäärnhielmChapter 9: Cultural Influences on Perceptions of Pain by Herta FlorChapter 10: Embitterment in Cultural Contexts by Michael LindenChapter 11: Suicide in Cultural Context - From Etiology to Prevention: The Case of Chinaby Kenneth R. Conner & Liang ZhouChapter 12: Substance Abuse and Addiction Among Divergent Ethnic Groupsby Hans-Jörg Assion & Eckhardt KochChapter 13: Possible Misclassification of Psychotic Symptoms Among Moroccan Immigrants inThe Netherlands by Tekleh ZandiV. Treatment: Taking Culture Into AccountChapter 14: Mental Illness Models and Help Seeking Behaviors Among Turkish Immigrant Patientsin Europe by Nazli BalkirChapter 15: Training for Overcoming Health Disparities in Mental Health Care: Interpretative-RelationalCultural Competence by Adil Qureshi & Francisco José Eiroa OrosaChapter 16: Integration of Immigrants in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Experiences and Concepts inGermany and Europe by Wieland Machleidt, Eckhardt Koch, Iris T. Calliess, Renate Schepker,Marc Ziegenbein, Marcel G. Sieberer, & Ramazan SalmanKeyword Index

About the author

Prof. Dr. Sven Barnow ist Leiter des Lehrstuhls Klinische Psychologie/Psychotherapie und der Psychotherapeutischen Hochschulambulanz am Psychologischen Institut der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Professor Barnow ist zudem Psychologischer Psychotherapeut (Verhaltenstherapie) und Supervisor. Er hat viele Jahre eine Psychotherapiestation für Persönlichkeitsstörungen (speziell Borderline) geleitet und beschäftigt sich u. a. mit der Frage, wie sich Psychotherapieeffekte verbessern lassen. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt ist dabei die Bedeutung der Emotionsregulation für psychische Gesundheit und Störung. Momentan entsteht hierzu ein weiteres Buch, das diese Forschungsbefunde und Materialien zur Selbsthilfe enthält.

Summary

Improving mental health care through culturally sensitive research and practice
Culturally sensitive practice is a vital component of effective mental health care in our increasingly diverse societies: Mental illnesses vary in prevalence between cultural and ethnic groups, as do the meanings attached to them and people's responses to them.
The important implications of this interplay between culture and psychopathology for diagnosis and treatment are scrutinized and elucidated in this comprehensive and well-organized book, which uniquely looks at a range of practical examples involving various ethnic minority populations in North America and Europe. Leading experts from around the world have integrated divergent topics into a systematic and clinically relevant volume.
Cultural Variations in Psychopathology: From Research to Practice is an important resource for researchers and in particular for any mental health professional who works with ethnically diverse communities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Balkir (Editor), Balkir (Editor), Nazli Balkir (Editor), Sve Barnow (Editor), Sven Barnow (Editor)
• Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2012
• EAN: 9780889374348
• ISBN: 978-0-88937-434-8
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Sozialpsychologie, Psychiatrie, Culture, Environmental Psychology, Psychopathology, ethnic