| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Mexican American Experience |
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Mexican American experience.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The mental health of Chicana and Chicano children -- Adolescent mental health -- Gender and mental health : depression, anxiety, and substance abuse among Chicanas -- Los hombres : the negotiation of grief and pain -- Sexualities -- Mental health and aging : finding balance en la tercera edad -- Conclusion : Chicana/o mental health in the twenty-first century |
| Summary |
This book offers a model to understand and to address the mental health challenges and service disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. The author, who has more than thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist, provides in-depth analysis of the major mental health challenges facing these groups: depression; anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder; substance abuse; and intimate partner violence. Using a life-cycle perspective that incorporates Indigenous health beliefs, the author examines the mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, adult men and women, and elderly Mexican Americans |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Mental health -- United States
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Mexican Americans -- Psychology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
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Mexican Americans -- Mental health
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Mexican Americans -- Psychology
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0816599955 |
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9780816599950 |
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