Mental Illness Among South Asian Americans: Twenty Culturally Mindful Case Studies

Mental Illness Among South Asian Americans: Twenty Culturally Mindful Case Studies
ISBN-10
1532073488
ISBN-13
9781532073489
Category
Psychology
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2019-04-16
Publisher
iUniverse
Authors
Matthew E. Peters MD, Nalini V. Juthani MD, Vani A. Rao MD

Description

“The authors are to be commended for a book which should be very helpful for mental health professionals taking care of South Asian patients. The book uses case histories to illustrate a range of issues, which may come up in the treatment of this ethno-cultural group. The cases cut across genders, age groups, socioeconomic groups, diagnostic categories, and other clinical matters pertaining to abuse and domestic violence among South Asians born in South Asia and in the United States. The cases illustrate issues related to immigration, acculturation, stigma, access to care, and familial and intergenerational problems. The cases make teaching points about the impact of culture on clinical presentation and treatment, focusing on how culture and religion can be both a hindrance and an asset. The authors describe how to use cultural understanding in diagnosis and treatment” (Iqbal Ahmed MD, FRCPsych, UK).

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