Overview
This state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary reference is the first to assess the empirical research and conceptual frameworks for understanding the mental health needs and services use of the ethnic elderly. Leading scholars, researchers, and clinicians in gerontology, epidemiology, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, anthropology, nursing, and social work appraise varying approaches, the demographics, the mental health status and service use of the ethnic elderly, and issues in the diagnosis, treatment, and mental health service delivery for the ethnic aged: for African Americans, American Indians, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic/Latino Americans. This unique handbook is a valuable resource and text for students, teachers, and professionals in a broad array of fields and settings. The handbook considers such problems as Alzheimer's Disease, depression and problems of coping, culturally specific psychosocial nursing care programs, the role of culture and class in mental and physical co-morbidity among the elderly, and important life-course perspectives for specific groups. Students, teachers, and professionals in many fields and settings will find this unique handbook a valuable resource and text.
Full Product Details
Author: Deborah Padgett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.737kg
ISBN: 9780313282041
ISBN 10: 0313282048
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 30 January 1995
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Figures and Tables Preface Introduction Approaches to Understanding Aging, Ethnicity, and Mental Health A Demographic and Epidemiologic Profile of the Ethnic Elderly by Dorothy S. Ruiz Ethnic and Cultural Factors in Research on Aging and Mental Health: A Life-Course Perspective by James S. Jackson, Toni C. Antonucci, and Rose C. Gibson Mental and Physical Co-Morbidity among the Elderly: The Role of Culture and Social Class by Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel Mental Health Status and Needs of the Ethnic Elderly Mental Health Status and Needs of Black and White Elderly: Differences in Depression by Joanne E. Turnbull and Ada C. Mui Examining Mental Health Status and the Needs of the Hispanic Elderly: A Cross-Cultural Analysis by Elena Bastida and Genaro Gonzalez Mental Health Status and Needs of the Asian American Elderly by Tai S. Kang and Gay E. Kang Mental Health Status and Needs of the American Indian Elderly by Spero M. Manson Help-Seeking and Mental Health Service Use by the Ethnic Elderly Use of Mental Health Services by Black and White Elderly by Deborah K. Padgett, Cathleen Patrick, Barbara J. Burns, and Herbert J. Schlesinger Help-Seeking and Use of Mental Health Services by the Hispanic Elderly by Orlando Rodriguez and Rita Mahard O'Donnell Use of Mental Health Services by Older Asian and Pacific Islander Americans by Nancy D. Harada and Lauren S. Kim Use of Mental Health Services by American Indian and Alaska Native Elders by David D. Barney Caregiving and Mental Health Service Delivery Issues Aging, Ethnicity, and Mental Health Services: Social Work Perspectives on Need and Use by Zev Harel and David E. Biegel Culturally Specific Psychosocial Nursing Care for the Ethnic Elderly by Joan J. Padgett and Susan J. Baily Meeting the Mental Health Needs of the Caregiver: The Impact of Alzheimer's Disease on Hispanic and African American Families by Carole Cox Chronic Disease among Older American Indians: Preventing Depressive Symptoms and Related Problems of Coping by Spero M. Manson and Douglas L. Brenneman Concluding Remarks and Suggestions for Research and Service Delivery by Deborah K. Padgett General Bibliography Index
Reviews
The multidisciplinary Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health is a timely important contribution to understanding the mental health needs of the elderly, particularly the impact of ethnicity on aging and mental health. The book is useful for anyone involved in the delivery of mental health services to the elderly. It can provide background information for investigators in the area of aging and mental illness about some of the methodolgic issues that arise in the inclusion of different ethnic groups in clincial research. -Psychiatric Services Because of its unique character including background data and current research finding, this text will be an important asset for both the clinician and the research investigator. This book is a very good buy. -Clinical Gerontologist ?Because of its unique character including background data and current research finding, this text will be an important asset for both the clinician and the research investigator. This book is a very good buy.?-Clinical Gerontologist ?The multidisciplinary Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health is a timely important contribution to understanding the mental health needs of the elderly, particularly the impact of ethnicity on aging and mental health. The book is useful for anyone involved in the delivery of mental health services to the elderly. It can provide background information for investigators in the area of aging and mental illness about some of the methodolgic issues that arise in the inclusion of different ethnic groups in clincial research.?-Psychiatric Services
"?Because of its unique character including background data and current research finding, this text will be an important asset for both the clinician and the research investigator. This book is a very good buy.?-Clinical Gerontologist ?The multidisciplinary Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health is a timely important contribution to understanding the mental health needs of the elderly, particularly the impact of ethnicity on aging and mental health. The book is useful for anyone involved in the delivery of mental health services to the elderly. It can provide background information for investigators in the area of aging and mental illness about some of the methodolgic issues that arise in the inclusion of different ethnic groups in clincial research.?-Psychiatric Services ""Because of its unique character including background data and current research finding, this text will be an important asset for both the clinician and the research investigator. This book is a very good buy.""-Clinical Gerontologist ""The multidisciplinary Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health is a timely important contribution to understanding the mental health needs of the elderly, particularly the impact of ethnicity on aging and mental health. The book is useful for anyone involved in the delivery of mental health services to the elderly. It can provide background information for investigators in the area of aging and mental illness about some of the methodolgic issues that arise in the inclusion of different ethnic groups in clincial research.""-Psychiatric Services"
?The multidisciplinary Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health is a timely important contribution to understanding the mental health needs of the elderly, particularly the impact of ethnicity on aging and mental health. The book is useful for anyone involved in the delivery of mental health services to the elderly. It can provide background information for investigators in the area of aging and mental illness about some of the methodolgic issues that arise in the inclusion of different ethnic groups in clincial research.?-Psychiatric Services
Author Information
DEBORAH K. PADGETT, is Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, New York University. She received a doctorate in cultural anthropology in 1979 and completed post-doctoral work in stress and mental health at Columbia University in 1986. She served on the Editorial Board of The Gerontologist (1990-1994), and has written about ethnicity, aging, and mental health services. She is a former Associate Research Scientist in Columbia University's Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute.
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