Chicana and Chicano Mental Health : Alma, Mente y Corazón /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Flores, Yvette Gisele (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mexican Americans > Psychology.
Mexican Americans > Mental health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Psychologie.
Mexican Americans > Mental health > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (182 pages).
ISBN:9780816599950

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