Cultural Variations in Psychopathology

Improving mental health care through culturally sensitive research and practiceCulturally sensitive practice is a vital component of effective mental health carein our increasingly diverse societies: Mental illnesses vary in prevalence betweencultural and ethnic groups, as do the meanings attached to them and people''sresponses to them. The important implications of this interplay between cultureand psychopathology for diagnosis and treatment are scrutinized and elucidatedin this comprehensive and well-organized book, which uniquely looks at a range ofpractical examples involving various ethnic minority populations in North Americaand Europe. Leading experts from around the world have integrated divergenttopics into a systematic and clinically relevant volume. Cultural Variations in Psychopathology:From Research to Practice is an important resource for researchersand in particular for any mental health professional who works with ethnicallydiverse communities.