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Culturally diverse children and adolescents : assessment, diagnosis, and treatment

Title
Culturally diverse children and adolescents : assessment, diagnosis, and treatment / by Ian A. Canino, Jeanne Spurlock, foreword by Claire J. Kestenbaum.
Author
Canino, Ian A.
Publication
New York : Guilford Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Spurlock, Jeanne
  • Kestenbaum, Clarice J., 1929-
Description
xii, 228 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "This volume guides mental health practitioners in conducting culturally competent, effective work with economically disadvantaged youngsters from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American backgrounds.".
  • "Clinicians gain insight into the impact on young people of poverty and discrimination, and the importance of understanding family belief systems and cultural expectations about children's behavior. Concrete suggestions are offered on how to elicit relevant history information and whom to select as the informants; how to use available diagnostic criteria; and how to intervene, with whom, and using which treatment strategies."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Children of minorities > Mental health
  • Child psychiatry > Social aspects
  • Minority teenagers > Mental health
  • Adolescent psychiatry > Social aspects
  • Mental Disorders > Adolescent
  • Mental Disorders > Child
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Ethnic Groups > psychology
  • Psychotherapy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. I. A Perspective for the Clinician. Ch. 1. The Influence of Culture and Multiple Social Stressors on the Culturally Diverse Child -- Pt. II. The Diagnostic Challenge. Ch. 2. History Taking. Ch. 3. Culturally Sensitive Psychological Assessment / Carmen Rodriguez. Ch. 4. Diagnostic Categories -- Pt. III. The Treatment of Culturally Diverse Children. Ch. 5. Culturally Sensitive and Competent Therapeutic Interventions. Ch. 6. The Clinician as Advocate.
ISBN
1572305835
LCCN
00039354
OCLC
  • 43854229
  • ocm43854229
  • SCSB-4789298
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries