Transcultural Child Development
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Is the Asian child you?re assessing suffering from introversion and lack of self–confidence, or is her quiet demeanor simply a reflection of strongly held cultural values—piety, modesty, and respect for authority? Is your young Puerto Rican patient ADD, or are his aggressiveness and lack of attention a response to the chaotic, unsupervised, dangerous atmosphere at his school? How are mental and emotional disorders expressed among children from different cultural backgrounds, and how can they best be treated? In Transcultural Child Development, the nation?s leading practitioners of transcultural child psychology address these and many other questions that surround thisbroad and under–researched field. The book begins with an examination of the social, cultural, and historical context of child psychiatry in America and a discussion of the changing complexion of America?s children due to new patterns of immigration. This is followed by an overview of the impactof culture on...Похожие книги
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