Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chang, Edward C. (Editor), Downey, Christina A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Health psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Health Psychology.

Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health   Edward C. Chang and Christina A. Downey, editors     The early decades of psychology were concerned with pathology: its causes, identification, and treatment. Eventually this foundation expanded to include positive aspects of human behavior, such a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Integrating Positive Psychology and Developmental Viewpoints into Cross-Cultural Mental Health
• II
• A Historical Perspective
• A History of Cross-Cultural Clinical Psychology, and its Importance to Mental Health Today
• III
• European Americans
• Psychology of Children
• Psychology of Adults
• Psychology of Elderly
• IV
• African Americans
• Psychology of Children.-Psychology of Adults
• Psychology of Elderly
• V
• Asian Americans
• Psychology of Children
• Psychology of Adults
• Psychology of Elderly
• VI
• Hispanic Americans
• Psychology of Children
• Psychology of Adults
• Psychology of Elderly
• VII
• Native Americans
• Psychology of Children
• Psychology of Adults
• Psychology of Elderly
• VIII
• Conclusion
• Emerging Trends and Future Challenges.