Multicultural approaches to health and wellness in America

Summary: Led by a UCLA-trained health psychologist, a team of experts describes non-traditional treatments that are quickly becoming more common in Western society, documenting cultural variations in health and sickness practices to underscore the diversity among human society.

Record details

ISBN: 9798216119968
ISBN: 1440803498
ISBN: 9781440803499
ISBN: 1306806135
ISBN: 9781306806138
ISBN: 1440803501
ISBN: 9781440803505
Physical Description: 1 online resource (2 volumes: 700 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Santa Barbara Calif. : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	V. 2. Mental health and mind-body connections. Understanding international perspectives : implications for U.S. health and wellness / P.S.D.V. Prasadarao -- Mental health assessment among ethnic minorities in the United States / Sussie Eshun and Donna Hodge -- The mental health of Latina/os : a cultural focus / Rocio Rosales Meza and Leticia Arellano-Morales -- Stress and culture / Angela R. Wendorf, Amanda M. Brouwer, and Katie E. Mosack -- Mood and anxiety disorder across ethnic minority groups in the United States / Sussie Eshun -- Religion and health : ideological contexts and their influences on health-associated behaviors / Dean D. VonDras -- Islamic healing approaches, beliefs, and health-related behaviors / Sujata R. Swaroop, Chanté D. DeLoach, and Fyeqa Sheikh -- The health and wellness of sexual and gender minorities / David W. Pantalone, John E. Pachankis, Brian A. Rood, and Sarah M. Bankoff -- Childhood obesity and cultural influences / Jacqueline Woods, Stephen K. Trapp, and Marilyn Stern -- Suicide across cultures / Kristin M. Vespia and Kaitlyn J. Florer.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary, viewed on August 18, 2014).