Diversity and mental health in challenging times / edited by Beverley Raphael and Abd-Elmasih, Malak.
- Date:
- 2001
- Books
About this work
Description
This book "while focused on people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, is of value to all who are interested in improving mental health. It deals with the ways in which cultural variations and mental health interact in a complex and challenging world. Section I covers the mental health system and the community ... Section II focuses on people, their mental health problems, and strategies for understanding, managing and coping with such problems."--From back cover.
Publication/Creation
Parramatta, N.S.W. : Transcultural Mental Health Centre, 2001.
Physical description
xxvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Guide for the use of focus groups in health research / Tuong Thi Phan and Maureen H. Fitzgerald -- 2. Immigrants and mental health: an epidemiological analysis / Bob McDonald and Zachary Steel -- 3. Occupational therapy, culture and mental health / Maureen H. Fitzgerald, Ruth Beltran, Joy Pennock, Peter Williamson and Colleen Mullavey-O'Byrne -- 4. Perspectives on transcultural mental health / edited by Barbara Ferguson and Diane Barnes -- 5. Hear our voices: trauma, birthing and mental health among Cambodian women / Maureen H. Fitzgerald, Vannak Ing, Tek Heang Ya, Sim Heang Hay, Thida Young, Hong Ly Duong, Bryanne Barnett, Stephen Matthey, Derrick Silove, Penny Mitchell and Justine McNamara -- 6. Nobody wants to talk about it -- refugee women's mental health / edited by Barbara Ferguson and Eileen Pittaway -- 7. Deeper dimensions -- culture, youth and mental health / edited by Marie Bashir and David Bennett -- 8. Diversity and mental health in challenging times / edited by Beverley Raphael and Abd-Elmasih Malak.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM30441
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ISBN
- 1740800044
- 9781740800044