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Informationen zum Autor Mhemooda Malek has undertaken a range of work looking at policy and practice issues that impact on children and young people. She is a member of the Young Minds advisory group looking at CAMHS for minority ethnic groups and a trustee of the Family Planning Association. Carol Joughin has written extensively on mental health in children and adolescents. She is the Chair of Evidence Sub-group for The Child and Adolescent Mental Health External Working Group for the Children's National Service Framework. Klappentext The authors consider how ethnicity is defined, and how the field of mental health has developed in the West according to Western concepts of health and well-being, and show how an understanding of the key practice issues and policy and academic debates can enable professionals to develop and fine-tune their cultural competence. Zusammenfassung The authors consider how ethnicity is defined! and how the field of mental health has developed in the West according to Western concepts of health and well-being! and show how an understanding of the key practice issues and policy and academic debates can enable professionals to develop and fine-tune their cultural competence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Kedar Nath Dwivedi. Preface. Introduction, Mhemooda Malek. Part I: 1. Understanding ethnicity and children's mental health, Mhemooda Malek. 2. The cultural relevance of the mental health disciplines, Begum Maitra. 3. The epidemiology of mental health problems in children and adolescents from ethnic minorities in the UK, Paul Ramchandani. 4. Meeting the needs of minority ethnic groups, Mhemooda Malek. 5. Refugee children in the UK, Matthew Hodes. Part II: Survey methods and findings. Appendix I: Voluntary sector involvement. Appendix II: Examples of projects/ services. Appendix III: Resources and organizations. Appendix IV: CAMHS survey questionnaires. References. Subject Index. Author Index.
