Mental Health Across Cultures: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals

ISBN-13: 9781846192197 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 222 str.

Jill Benson

Opis

All health professionals interact with patients from different cultures to their own: countries, ethnic and religious groups, sexual orientation, lifestyle, beliefs, age, gender, social status. The potential for confused communication and consequent problems is even greater in primary care mental health than in other areas. This guide provides a model for working in mental health and outlines practical ways of using psychotherapy skills across cultures.

Spis treści

Section A – Overview and model - Model for working in Mental Health across cultures. Section B – Psychotherapy across cultures - General principles of psychotherapy & counseling. Modified cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Modified narrative therapy. Resilience and spirituality. Section C – Putting cultural mental health into context - The people: Doctors, health professionals and patients from diverse backgrounds. Consultations across cultures. Basic neuropsychiatry and the quest for normality. Cross-Cultural Pharmacotherapy. Cross cultural learning.

O autorze

Jill Bensonn, Jill Thistlethwaite, Pascale Moore