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Informationen zum Autor Freddy Paniagua (Ph.D. University of Kansas; post-doctoral training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Society at the University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston. He teaches cross cultural mental health seminars with an emphasis on the assessment and treatment of minority clients. In 1989, he received a 6-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to provide training to mental health professionals representing culturally diverse groups with and emphasis on the assessment and treatment of emotionally disturbed clients. Klappentext Now in its Fourth Edition, the best-selling Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients offers effective, practical guidelines in working with culturally diverse clients. Author and clinician Freddy A. Paniagua first summarizes general guidelines that clinicians can apply when assessing, diagnosing, or treating culturally diverse clients, but also addresses clinical work with specific culturally diverse groups such as African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian clients. Two new chapters in this edition deal with the assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of emotional problems experienced by LGBT and older adult clientsfrom these culturally diverse groups. Zusammenfassung Already a bestseller in previous editions! this practical guide provides students with the essential guidelines for dealing with issues that arise when treating culturally diverse clients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1. Minority, Multicultural, Race, and Ethnicity Concepts 2. General Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Culturally Diverse Clients 3. Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of African American Clients 4. Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Hispanic Clients 5. Guidelines For The Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Asian Clients 6. Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of American Indian Clients 7. Guidelines for Evaluating and Using the Epidemiological Mental Health Literature with Culturally Diverse Groups 8. Using Culturally Biased Instruments 9. Using Cultural Variables in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 10. Counseling Guidelines for Culturally Diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients 11. Counseling Guidelines For Culturally Diverse Older Adult Clients References Author Index Subject Index About the Author ...
