Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients: A Practical Guide / Edition 4

by Freddy A. Paniagua

Overview

Now in its Fourth Edition, the best-selling Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients offers effective, practical guidelines in working with culturally diverse clients. Author and clinician Freddy A. Paniagua first summarizes general guidelines that clinicians can apply when assessing, diagnosing, or treating culturally diverse clients, but also addresses clinical work with specific culturally diverse groups such as African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian clients. Two new chapters in this edition deal with the assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of emotional problems experienced by LGBT and older adult clientsfrom these culturally diverse groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412999779
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/02/2013
Series:	Multicultural Aspects of Counseling series , #4
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paniagua, Freddy A., PhD (Univ of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston)

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Minority, Multicultural, Race, and Ethnicity Concepts
2. General Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Culturally Diverse Clients
3. Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of African American Clients
4. Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Hispanic Clients
5. Guidelines For The Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Asian Clients
6. Guidelines for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of American Indian Clients
7. Guidelines for Evaluating and Using the Epidemiological Mental Health Literature with Culturally Diverse Groups
8. Using Culturally Biased Instruments
9. Using Cultural Variables in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
10. Counseling Guidelines for Culturally Diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients
11. Counseling Guidelines For Culturally Diverse Older Adult Clients
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Offers practical guidelines for dealing with culturally diverse clientele, for professionals in counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatric nursing, social work, ethnic studies, and behavioral psychology. Contains chapters on general concepts and specific guidelines for assessing and treating African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and American Indians. Also discusses preventing attrition, using epidemiological mental health literature with multicultural groups, and using culturally biased instruments. New to this edition is a chapter summarizing cultural variables in the DSM-IV. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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