Asian American Mental Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

   PDF

2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Karen S. Kurasaki, Sumie Okazaki

      Pages 1-5

3. Cultural Relevance of Diagnostic Categories: A Conceptual Discussion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

      PDF

   2. Understanding the Rates and Distribution of Mental Disorders

      • Doris F. Chang

      Pages 9-27

   3. Examining the Usefulness of DSM-IV

      • Richard H. Dana

      Pages 29-46

   4. Toward a New Paradigm: A Cultural Systems Approach

      • Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Rita Chi-Ying Chung

      Pages 47-66

   5. Challenging the Myth of a Culture Free Nosological System

      • Keh-Ming Lin, Margaret Lin

      Pages 67-73

4. Theories of Relevant Sociocultural Variables

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

      PDF

   2. Assessing Acculturation and Cultural Variables

      • Gargi Roysircar, Michael Lynch Maestas

      Pages 77-94

   3. Models of Cultural Orientation: Differences Between American-Born and Overseas-Born Asians

      • Jeanne L. Tsai, Yulia Chentsova-Dutton

      Pages 95-106

   4. Cultural Variations in Self-Construal as a Mediator of Distress and Well-Being

      • Sumie Okazaki

      Pages 107-121

   5. The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face

      • Nolan Zane, May Yeh

      Pages 123-138

5. Issues of Psychometric Equivalence Across Cultures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

      PDF

   2. Universal and Indigenous Dimensions of Chinese Personality

      • Fanny M. Cheung

      Pages 141-157

   3. Interpreting Cultural Variations in Cognitive Profiles

      • Lisa A. Suzuki, Tamiko Mogami, Ellen S. Kim

      Pages 159-171

   4. The Conception of Depression in Chinese Americans

      • Yu-Wen Ying

      Pages 173-183

   5. Assessing Asian and Asian American Parenting: A Review of the Literature

      • Su Yeong Kim, Vivian Y. Wong

      Pages 185-201

6. Culturally Informed Assessment, Research, and Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

      PDF

   2. Assessing Psychiatric Prevalence Rates Among Asian Americans

      • Karen S. Kurasaki, Alan K. Koike

      Pages 205-217

   3. The Place of Ethnographic Understanding in the Assessment of Asian American Mental Health

      • Edwina S. Uehara, Nancy Farwell, Greg Yamashiro, Michael Smukler

      Pages 219-232

Asian American Mental Health is a state-of-the-art compendium of the conceptual issues, empirical literature, methodological approaches, and practice guidelines for conducting culturally informed assessments of Asian Americans, and for assessing provider cultural competency within individuals and systems. It is the first of its kind on Asian Americans. This volume draws upon the expertise of many of the leading experts in Asian American and multicultural mental health to provide a much needed resource for students and professionals in a wide range of disciplines including clinical psychology, medical anthropology, psychiatry, cross-cultural psychology, multicultural counseling, ethnic minority psychology, sociology, social work, counselor education, counseling psychology, and more.  

• Counseling
• Depression
• assessment
• culture
• psychiatry
• psychology

"The book will be most useful to researchers in psychology and psychiatry who wish to use psychometric measures with patients, but it will also be useful to trainees and training directors who need to review the literature on the assessment of Asian Americans as well as to graduate students learning about multicultural issues in assessment. ...useful for understanding how measures that were developed for Western patients need to be adapted for use with Asian Americans... I enjoyed Asian American Mental Health very much, as the overall tone is to explain the research that has already been conducted on many topics, to explore the limitations of this research, and to suggest directions for further research."
(Psychiatric Services, 54:8 (2003)

• The California Endowment Funds, Sacramento, USA

  Karen S. Kurasaki

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, USA

  Sumie Okazaki

• University of California, Davis, USA

  Stanley Sue

Policies and ethics