Chicana and Chicano Mental Health : alma, mente, y corazón /
This book offers a model to understand and to address the mental health challenges and service disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. The author, who has more than thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist, provides in-depth analysis of the major mental...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | Mexican American experience.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book offers a model to understand and to address the mental health challenges and service disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. The author, who has more than thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist, provides in-depth analysis of the major mental health challenges facing these groups: depression; anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder; substance abuse; and intimate partner violence. Using a life-cycle perspective that incorporates Indigenous health beliefs, the author examines the mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, adult men and women, and elderly Mexican Americans. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0816599955 9780816599950 |