| Description |
xxii, 390 pages |
| Contents |
Prevalence of dementia among different ethnic populations / Gwen Yeo -- Overview of psychiatric assessment with dementia patients / R. Scott Mackin ... [et al.] -- Neurocognitive assessment of dementia in African American elders / Rita Hargrave -- Assessment of cognitive status in Asians / Malcolm B. Dick, Cordula Dick-Muehlke, and Evelyn L. Teng -- Neuropsychological assessment of Hispanics elders: challenges and psychometric approaches / Dan Mungas -- American Indians, cognitive assessment, and dementia / Lori L. Jervis, C. Munro Cullum, & Spero M. Manson -- Overview of treatment alternatives for dementing illnesses / Patricia Lanoie Blanchette -- The family as the unit of assessment and treatment in work with ethnically diverse older adults with dementia / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson -- Working with African American families / Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Brent E. Gibson, & Joan Detry Burke -- Working with American Indian families / Levanne R. Hendrix, and Fr. Hank Swift Cloud-Lebeau -- Asian Indian American / Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil -- Chinese American / Peng-Chih Wang ... [et al.] -- Filipino Americans / Melen R. Mcbride -- Hmong Americans / Linda A. Gerdner, Xa Xavier Xiong, & Deu Yang -- Japanese Americans / Nancy Hikoyeda ... [et al] -- Korean Americans / Ailee Moon -- Vietnamese American / Jane Nha Uyen Tran, Carolee Giao Uyen Tran, & Ladson Hinton -- Puerto Rican and other Hispanic/Latino American families / Julián Montoro-Rodríguez, Jeff A. Small, & T. J. Mccallum -- Cuban American / Trinidad Argüelles, Soledad Argüelles -- Mexican American / Melissa A. Talamantes ... [et al.] -- Working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender families / David W. Coon and Mary H. Burleson -- Reaching diverse caregiving families through community partnerships / Elizabeth S. Edgerly, & Theresa Sullivan |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Washington, D.C.; London: Taylor & Francis, 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Dementia -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Minorities -- Mental health -- United States.
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Psychiatry, Transcultural -- United States.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Dementia -- ethnology.
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Minority Groups -- psychology.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores.
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Yeo, Gwen.
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| LC no. |
2006000043 |
| ISBN |
0415954045 (hb : alk. paper) |
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0415954053 (pb : alk. paper) |
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