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Appalachian mental health /

This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others -- overturn many assumptions held by earlier writers, who have tended to see Appalachia and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Keefe, Susan E. (Susan Emley)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others -- overturn many assumptions held by earlier writers, who have tended to see Appalachia and its people as being dominated by a culture of poverty. While the heterogeneity of the region is acknowledged in the diversity of sub-areas and populations discussed, dominant themes emerge concerning Appalachia as a whole. The result of the authors' varied approaches is a cumulative portrait of a st.
Notas:Comprehensive care in eastern kentucky.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (266 pages)
Bibliografía:REFERENCES3 Religion in Southern Appalachia; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART II. SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS ANDMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS; 4 Adaptive Socialization Values of Low-Income Appalachian Mothers; SAMPLE AND METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5 Gender, Class, and Self-Image; SOCIAL STATUS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; ECONOMIC DYNAMICS; SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF APPALACHIAN WOMEN; IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PLANNING; REFERENCES; 6 The Social Context of ""Nerves"" in Eastern Kentucky
ISBN:9780813158778
081315877X
0813116147
9780813116143