Title Appalachian mental health / edited by Susan Emley Keefe

Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (266 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Lists of Tables and Figures; Preface; Introduction; THE NEED FOR CRITICAL STUDIES; PROFITING FROM THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE; APPALACHIANS AND MENTAL HEALTH; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART I. THE APPALACHIAN CONTEXT; 1 Appalachian Cultural Systems, Past and Present; HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY ROLES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT; IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS; REFERENCES; 2 Appalachian Family Ties; THE APPALACHIAN FAMILY GROUP; THE KINDRED; CONTRAST WITH MAINSTREAM AMERICANS; FAMILY TIES AND STRESS; IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTION; NOTES METHODOLOGYTHE INFORMANTS; IT FEELS LIKE A FEAR RIGHT IN YOUR FLESH -- THERE IS NO CASTING THEM OFF -- THEY SAY PRESSURE AND STRAIN CAUSES IT -- NERVE PILLS-ANYBODY CAN TAKE 'EM -- DISCUSSION: THIS IS REAL -- NOTES; REFERENCES; 7 Social Support Networks of Families with HandicappedChildren; SOCIAL SUPPORT AND THE APPALACHIAN FAMILY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART III. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICEUTILIZATION IN THE MOUNTAINS; 8 Factors Affecting the Use of Mental Health Services:A Review; CULTURAL FACTORS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS RECOMMENDATIONSREFERENCES; 9. Enhancing the Use of Mental Health Services; THE PLANNING PROCESS; MANIPULABLE FACTORS; SAMPLE PLAN COMPONENTS; REFERENCES; 10 An Exploratory Study of Mental Health Service Utilization by Appalachians and Non-Appalachians; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; COMPARISON OF APPALACHIAN AND NON-APPALACHIAN CLIENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART IV. CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THERAPEUTIC ENCOUNTERS; 11 Cross-Cultural Conflict between Providers and Clients and Staff Members; LABELING: HOW DO PEOPLE REFER TO EACH OTHER?; ORIENTATIONS IN INTERACTION; DEFINITIONS OF TIME; PROBLEM SOLVING IS CHANGE ""PROGRESS""?THE SACRED IN EVERYDAY LIFE; CULTURAL ILLITERACY AMONG PROVIDERS; REFERENCES; 12 Appalachian Family Therapy; MOUNTAIN YOUTH RESOURCES; FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY; APPALACHIAN FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; THE BUCKNER FAMILY; NOTES; REFERENCES; 13 Hospitalized Appalachian Adolescents; TERESA; MARY LOU; HOMEPLACE TIES; ADOLESCENTS AS CULTURE BROKERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS AND IMPLICATIONS; EPILOGUE; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART V. PROBLEMS AND PROMISE IN APPALACHIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY; 14 Conscience and Convenience in Eastern Kentucky Summary This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others -- overturn many assumptions held by earlier writers, who have tended to see Appalachia and its people as being dominated by a culture of poverty. While the heterogeneity of the region is acknowledged in the diversity of sub-areas and populations discussed, dominant themes emerge concerning Appalachia as a whole. The result of the authors' varied approaches is a cumulative portrait of a st Bibliography REFERENCES3 Religion in Southern Appalachia; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART II. SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS ANDMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS; 4 Adaptive Socialization Values of Low-Income Appalachian Mothers; SAMPLE AND METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5 Gender, Class, and Self-Image; SOCIAL STATUS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; ECONOMIC DYNAMICS; SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF APPALACHIAN WOMEN; IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PLANNING; REFERENCES; 6 The Social Context of ""Nerves"" in Eastern Kentucky Notes Comprehensive care in eastern kentucky English Print version record Subject Mental health services -- Appalachian Region Mental health. Rural poor -- Appalachian Region, Southern Rural poor -- Mental health -- Appalachian Region, Southern Rural poor -- Mental health services -- Appalachian Region, Southern Social environment -- Appalachian Region Sociology. Health. National health services. Social sciences. Medical care. Mental health services. Social ecology. Sociology Psychological Phenomena and Processes Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Health Health Services Social Sciences Psychiatry and Psychology Population Characteristics Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Delivery of Health Care Americas Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Geographic Locations Geographicals Mental Health Services Mental Health Appalachian Region Social Environment State Medicine Patient Care mental health. sociology. health. social sciences. human ecology. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General. Sociology Social sciences Social ecology National health services Mental health services Medical care Health Mental health Rural conditions SUBJECT Appalachian Region, Southern -- Rural conditions North America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092455 United States North America Subject North America Southern Appalachian Region Form Electronic book Author Keefe, Susan E. (Susan Emley) ISBN 9780813158778 081315877X 0813116147 9780813116143

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