Although books on the cultural aspects of mental health already
exist, Cultural Psychiatry With Children, Adolescents, and Families
is one of only a few to focus specifically on the role of culture
in mental health assessment, diagnosis, and care of children,
adolescents, and their families. In the United States, more than
50% of children younger than 15 years identify as nonwhite, a
designation that comprises many ethnicities and cultural
backgrounds. In addition, diverse sexual/gender identities and
religious/spiritual beliefs can render young people a "hidden"
minority. This text was written for health care providers across
all disciplines and clinical settings caring for the mental health
of these patients and also serves as an indispensable companion to
the Clinical Manual of Cultural Psychiatry for clinicians working
with diverse populations. The editors, distinguished scholars and
clinicians, as well as experts on diversity and inclusion, apply
history, theory, and evidence-based practice to the various
dimensions influencing mental health in children, adolescents,
transitional-age youth, and families. The book is comprehensive and
clinically rich: * Material is presented on a wide variety of
ethnicities, including African American; American Indian, Alaskan
Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; Asian American,
Latinx, and Arab American cultures.* The special mental health and
medical needs of LGBTQ+ youth are addressed, as well as their
different developmental trajectories. The book explores the mental
health, medical, and structural interventions that can be taken to
reduce the mental health and medical disparities they face and
offers best practices, including the most recent guidelines for
transgender youth wishing to transition. * The volume emphasizes
the importance of the DSM-5 Outline for Cultural Formulation, an
instrument perhaps even more relevant in populations where
development is in flux and family compositions are diverse. A
chapter of complex case examples is included to help readers
understand the role of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview.*
The impact of immigration status and the mental health burden of
forcibly displaced children are discussed in detail, including a
literature review on the mental health effects of migration; a
discussion of protective factors and resilience in children and
families; and strategies for working with migrant youth and
families, including building trust, understanding the role of
silence, and taking a family-centered approach.* The paramount
importance of remaining open-minded and taking a nonjudgmental
stance when dealing with aspects of culture is emphasized
throughout, as is intersectionality, a theoretical framework that
recognizes individuals with multiple social or minority identities
and their experience of layered, societal-based inequities due to
their diverse individuality.* The book is timely, with updated
information to help clinicians address the impacts on youth and
families of the COVID-19 pandemic and the movement for social
justice. The information found in Cultural Psychiatry With
Children, Adolescents, and Families is down-to-earth, absorbing,
and absolutely essential for clinicians and caregivers in our
increasingly diverse world.
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