Asian American mental health : assessment theories and methods by Kurasaki, Karen S; Okazaki, Sumie; Sue, Stanley instant download

Asian American mental health : assessment theories and methods by Kurasaki, Karen S; Okazaki, Sumie; Sue, Stanley instant download

xv, 344 p. : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, 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