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Global Mental Health : Latin America and Spanish-Speaking Populations /

Global Mental Health provides an outline of the field of mental health with a particular focus on Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. The book details evidence-based approaches being implemented globally and presents ongoing state of the art research on major mental disorders taking place...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Escóbar, Javier (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief review of global mental health: challenges, developments, and needs / Stanley Nkemjika, Javier I. Escobar, and Humberto Marin
  • Looking at cultural aspects of global mental health: The culturally infused engagement model in Latin American and Asian populations / Miwa Yasui and Kathleen J. Pottick
  • The abuse of psychiatry globally: A focus on a little-known historical example from Francoist Spain / Ethan Pearlstein and Javier I. Escobar
  • Task-shifting strategies in Latin America: The key role of primary care health agents in mental health policy and research in northern Argentina / Maria Calvo, Gabriel de Erausquin, Mariana Figueredo Aguiar, Eduardo Padilla, and Javier I. Escobar
  • Genetic research on chronic, severe mental disorders in the Paisa population in Latin America: A review of past and current research / Carrie E. Bearden, Carlos Lopez Jaramillo, and Javier I. Escobar
  • A brief rejoinder and future projections / Javier I. Escobar.