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Title Asian American mental health : assessment theories and methods / edited by Karen S. Kurasaki, Sumie Okazaki, Stanley Sue
Published New York ; London : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2002]
©2002

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Description xv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series International and cultural psychology series
International and cultural psychology
International and cultural psychology series.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- Karen S. Kurasaki -- Sumie Okazaki -- SECTION I: CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES: A CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION -- 2. Understanding the Rates and Distribution of Mental Disorders -- Doris F. Chang -- 3. Examining the Usefulness of DSM-IV -- Richard H. Dana -- 4. Toward a New Paradigm: A Cultural Systems Approach -- Marjorie Kagawa-Singer -- Rita Chi-Ying Chung -- 5. Challenging the Myth of a Culture Free Nosological System -- Keh-Ming Lin -- Margaret Lin --SECTION II: THEORIES OF RELEVANT SOCIOCULTURAL VARIABLES -- 6. Assessing Acculturation and Cultural Variables -- Gargi Roysircar -- Michael Lynch Maestas -- 7. Models of Cultural Orientation: Differences Between American-born and Overseas-born Asians -- Jeanne L. Tsai -- Yulia Chentsova-Dutton -- 8. Cultural Variations in Self-Construal as a Mediator of Distress and Well-being -- Sumie Okazaki -- 9. The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face -- Nolan Zane -- May Yeh --SECTION III: ISSUES OF PSYCHOMETRIC EQUIVALENCE ACROSS CULTURES -- 10. Universal and Indigenous Dimensions of Chinese Personality -- Fanny M. Cheung -- 11. Interpreting Cultural Variations in Cognitive Profiles -- Lisa A. Suzuki -- Tamiko Mogami -- Ellen S. Kim -- 12. The Conception of Depression in Chinese Americans -- Yu-Wen Ying -- 13. Assessing Asian and Asian American Parenting: A Review of the Literature -- Su YeongKim -- Vivian Y. Wong --SECTION IV: CULTURALLY INFORMED ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE -- 14. Assessing Psychiatric Prevalence Rates Among Asian Americans -- Karen S. Kurasaki -- Alan K. Koike -- 15. The Place of Ethnographic Understanding in the Assessment of Asian American Mental Health -- Edwina S. Uehara -- Nancy Farwell -- Greg Yamashiro -- Michael Smukler -- 16. The Clinical Assessment of Asian American Children -- May Yeh -- Joyce Wu Yeh -- 17. Examining the Role of Culture in Educational Assessment -- Jonathan Sandoval -- 18. A Cultural Accommodation Approach to Career Assessment with Asian Americans -- Frederick T. L. Leong -- Mei Tang -- 19. Theory and Method of Multicultural Counseling Competency Assessment -- Richard M. Lee -- Adam J. Darnell -- 20. Assessment of Cultural Competence in Mental Health Systems of Care for Asian Americans -- Jean Lau Chin --SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS -- 21. Advances in the Scientific Study of Asian Americans -- Stanley Sue.00000000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Asian Americans -- Mental health.
Asian Americans -- Mental health services.
Author Sue, Stanley.
Kurasaki, Karen S.
Okazaki, Sumie.
LC no. 2002025685
ISBN 0306472686 :
Other Titles Asian American mental health