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Mexican American psychology : social, cultural, and clinical perspectives

Title: Mexican American psychology : social, cultural, and clinical perspectives / Mario A. Tovar.
Author: Tovar, Mario A. (Mario Alberto)
Publication: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]

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Description

viii, 192 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Providing in-depth coverage of the Mexican American population from social, cultural, and psychological (clinical) perspectives, this book promotes the understanding of cultural practices and sociological characteristics of this important ethnic group. There are now more than 32 million Mexican Americans living in the United States. As a result, the odds that a clinician will work with a member of this population--one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States--is extremely high. Understanding the culture, society, psyche, acculturation, assimilation, and linguistics specific to Mexican Americans, as well as their crises and appropriate interventions, is imperative to provide counseling/therapy services and culturally sensitive assessments. In this book, author Mario Tovar explains how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. Tovar documents significant differences among Mexican Americans depending on whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin--rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and northern versus southern Mexico, for example. Readers will understand how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them and learn about mental and physical health care practices common to Mexican Americans, including folk medicine and 'healers' who often include grandmothers and elder neighbors. This book addresses the characteristics of members of this large and growing group of Americans as distinct from the generalized ethnic group of 'Latino Americans;' covers long-time U.S. residents and recent immigrants from Mexico as well as second and later generation Mexican Americans; provides extensive information about the Mexican American population from different perspectives that gives readers better insight and understanding about this important ethnic group; promotes cultural sensitivity when working with Mexican Americans in different settings; and describes specific clinical strategies that can be effective when working with Mexican Americans"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Race, ethnicity, culture, and health

Uniform Title

Race, ethnicity, culture, and health.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-177) and index.

Contents

Introduction to sociological and anthropological topics -- Overview of Mexican American psychology -- Mexican American history -- Contemporary Mexican American society -- Undocumented immigration and Mexican Americans -- Assimilation and acculturation of Mexican Americans -- Language, communication, and Mexican Americans -- Introduction to clinical topics -- Mexican Americans and mental health -- The clinical interview -- Counseling Mexican Americans -- Psychological assessments and evaluations for Mexican Americans -- Crisis interventions -- Future considerations.

ISBN

9781440841477
1440841470
1440841489
9781440841484
9781440841484 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016057092

OCLC

ocn952980750
952980750
SCSB-9782464

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library