Cultural Variations in Psychopathology

Improving mental health care through culturally sensitive research and practice Culturally sensitive practice is a vital component of effective mental health care in our increasingly diverse societies: Mental illnesses vary in prevalence between cultural and ethnic groups, as do the meanings attached to them and people's responses to them. The important implications of this interplay between culture and psychopathology for diagnosis and treatment are scrutinized and elucidated in this comprehensive and well-organized book, which uniquely looks at a range of practical examples involving various ethnic minority populations in North America and Europe. Leading experts from around the world have integrated divergent topics into a systematic and clinically relevant volume. Cultural Variations in Psychopathology: From Research to Practice is an important resource for researchers and in particular for any mental health professional who works with ethnically diverse communities.

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Sven Barnow ist Leiter des Lehrstuhls Klinische Psychologie/Psychotherapie und der Psychotherapeutischen Hochschulambulanz am Psychologischen Institut der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Professor Barnow ist zudem Psychologischer Psychotherapeut (Verhaltenstherapie) und Supervisor. Er hat viele Jahre eine Psychotherapiestation für Persönlichkeitsstörungen (speziell Borderline) geleitet und beschäftigt sich u. a. mit der Frage, wie sich Psychotherapieeffekte verbessern lassen. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt ist dabei die Bedeutung der Emotionsregulation für psychische Gesundheit und Störung. Momentan entsteht hierzu ein weiteres Buch, das diese Forschungsbefunde und Materialien zur Selbsthilfe enthält.

Inhalt
Table of Contents Foreword by Dinesh Bhugra Preface & Acknowledgments I. Introduction: The Relevance of Culture for Mental Health and Illness Introduction to Cultural Variations in Psychopathology: From Research to Practice by Sven Barnow & Nazli Balkir Chapter 1: Migration and Mental Health: An Overview from Europe by Meryam Schouler-Ocak II. How Culture Shapes Our Brain Chapter 2: Understanding the Self: A Cultural Neuroscience Perspective by Shihui Han Chapter 3: The Self and Its Emotional Brain by Georg Northoff & Jaak Panksepp III. The Interplay Between Culture and Emotion Regulation: Implications for Mental Health Chapter 4: Socialization of Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Cultural Context by Gisela Trommsdorff & Tobias Heikamp Chapter 5: Emotion Regulation in Cultural Context: Implications for Wellness and Illness by Emily A. Butler Chapter 6: Unpacking Cultural Differences in Emotion Regulation: The Role of Flexibility by Elisabeth A. Arens IV. Diagnosis: Culture and Psychiatric Disorders Chapter 7: Culturally Informing Diagnostic Systems by Juan Mezzich Chapter 8: Depression and Somatization among Two Divergent Cultural Groups by Sofie Bäärnhielm Chapter 9: Cultural Influences on Perceptions of Pain by Herta Flor Chapter 10: Embitterment in Cultural Contexts by Michael Linden Chapter 11: Suicide in Cultural Context From Etiology to Prevention: The Case of China by Kenneth R. Conner & Liang Zhou Chapter 12: Substance Abuse and Addiction Among Divergent Ethnic Groups by Hans-Jörg Assion & Eckhardt Koch Chapter 13: Possible Misclassification of Psychotic Symptoms Among Moroccan Immigrants in The Netherlands by Tekleh Zandi V. Treatment: Taking Culture Into Account Chapter 14: Mental Illness Models and Help Seeking Behaviors Among Turkish Immigrant Patients in Europe by Nazli Balkir Chapter 15: Training for Overcoming Health Disparities in Mental Health Care: Interpretative-Relational Cultural Competence by Adil Qureshi & Francisco José Eiroa Orosa Chapter 16: Integration of Immigrants in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Experiences and Concepts in Germany and Europe by Wieland Machleidt, Eckhardt Koch, Iris T. Calliess, Renate Schepker, Marc Ziegenbein, Marcel G. Sieberer, & Ramazan Salman Keyword Index