Latina/o American Health and Mental Health
Title | Latina/o American Health and Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Leticia Arellano-Morales Ph.D. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2018-02-16 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1440854904 |
Essential reading for health and mental health administrators, community agencies, and policy makers as well as students and general interest readers, this book details the state of the physical and mental health of many Latina/o American groups. While Latina/o Americans originate from more than 25 countries, most health or mental health texts largely focus on Mexican Americans and often fail to address other Latina/o groups, such as South Americans, Central Americans, Puerto Ricans, and others. Moreover, most works address either health or mental health, but not both together. In contrast, Latina/o American Health and Mental Health addresses both the health and mental health of diverse Latina/o heritage groups. An interdisciplinary approach enables readers to identify both similar and divergent areas that affect the health and mental health of Latina/o Americans. Strengths-based and social justice perspectives, rather than a deficit perspective, guide the work in its assessment of disparities among treatment for different groups. This text is ideal for graduate students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in public health, community health, family studies, psychology, counseling, social work, and Latina/o studies who are interested in understanding Latina/o health and mental health in the United States and providing culturally responsive services.
Chicana and Chicano Mental Health
Title | Chicana and Chicano Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Yvette G. Flores |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2013-05-02 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0816599955 |
Spirit, mind, and heart—in traditional Mexican health beliefs all three are inherent to maintaining psychological balance. For Mexican Americans, who are both the oldest Latina/o group in the United States as well as some of the most recent arrivals, perceptions of health and illness often reflect a dual belief system that has not always been incorporated in mental health treatments. Chicana and Chicano Mental Health offers a model to understand and to address the mental health challenges and service disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. Yvette G. Flores, 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, Flores examines the mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, adult men and women, and elderly Mexican Americans. Through case studies, Flores examines the importance of understanding cultural values, class position, and the gender and sexual roles and expectations Chicanas/os negotiate, as well as the legacies of migration, transculturation, and multiculturality. Chicana and Chicano Mental Health is the first book of its kind to embrace both Western and Indigenous perspectives. Ideally suited for students in psychology, social welfare, ethnic studies, and sociology, the book also provides valuable information for mental health professionals who desire a deeper understanding of the needs and strengths of the largest ethnic minority and Hispanic population group in the United States.
Latina/o American Health and Mental Health
Title | Latina/o American Health and Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Leticia Arellano-Morales Ph.D. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2018-02-16 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Essential reading for health and mental health administrators, community agencies, and policy makers as well as students and general interest readers, this book details the state of the physical and mental health of many Latina/o American groups. While Latina/o Americans originate from more than 25 countries, most health or mental health texts largely focus on Mexican Americans and often fail to address other Latina/o groups, such as South Americans, Central Americans, Puerto Ricans, and others. Moreover, most works address either health or mental health, but not both together. In contrast, Latina/o American Health and Mental Health addresses both the health and mental health of diverse Latina/o heritage groups. An interdisciplinary approach enables readers to identify both similar and divergent areas that affect the health and mental health of Latina/o Americans. Strengths-based and social justice perspectives, rather than a deficit perspective, guide the work in its assessment of disparities among treatment for different groups. This text is ideal for graduate students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in public health, community health, family studies, psychology, counseling, social work, and Latina/o studies who are interested in understanding Latina/o health and mental health in the United States and providing culturally responsive services.
A Borderlands View on Latinos, Latin Americans, and Decolonization
Title | A Borderlands View on Latinos, Latin Americans, and Decolonization PDF eBook |
Author | Pilar Hernández-Wolfe |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0765709317 |
This book's theory is grounded in the framework of decolonization developed by the modernity/coloniality collective project, Transformative Family Therapy, and Just Therapy.
Cultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health
Title | Cultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Harvette Grey |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0190243422 |
Cultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health offers a broad array of perspectives from clinicians and researchers actively working with racially and ethnically diverse populations. This book addresses psychosocial cultural issues that impact the mental health of the growing Latino American population.
Mental Health
Title | Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
Latina and Latino Children's Mental Health
Title | Latina and Latino Children's Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha J. Cabrera |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 537 |
Release | 2011-02-02 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0313382972 |
A team of expert academics and practitioners examines the life circumstances that impact Latino/a youth growing up in two cultures—their native culture and that of the United States. What effect does growing up in an ethnic minority and perhaps in an immigrant family have on development? That is the overarching question Latina and Latino Children's Mental Health sets out to answer. The work examines all of the myriad physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy development in Latino American children, from biology to economics to public policy. The first volume of this two-volume set focuses on early-life experiences and the second on youth/adolescent issues, treating such topics as children's development of a sense of self, development of linguistic skills, peer relationships, sexual orientation, and physical development. The work analyzes familial relationships, often an important resource that helps young people build resilience despite the stresses of migration. And it looks at patterns of behavior, social status, and social-goal orientations that differentiate Latino/a children and adolescents from their African American and European American peers.