Description |
1 online resource (278 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; How Does Culture Affect Suicide?; A Brief History of Suicide; Definitions of Suicide; Typical Risk Factors Usually Associated with Suicide; Suicide Assessment; Suicide Prevention; Crisis Intervention and Culture; Traditional Counseling and Psychotherapy Approaches; Additional Terms Discussed Throughout the Book; Chapter 2. European Americans; Data; Gender; Age; Religion; Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues; Summary; Chapter 3. African Americans; Data; Gender; Age |
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Cultural BuffersGay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues; Suicide Prevention and Intervention; Summary; Chapter 4. Asian Americans; Data and Gender; Age; Religious and Spiritual Issues; Specific Ethnic Groups; Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues; Buddhist Views of Death and Dying; Hindu Views of Death and Dying; Specific Cultural Groups; Suicide Prevention and Intervention; Summary; Chapter 5. Hispanic Americans; Data and Gender; Age; Cultural Buffers; Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues; Suicide Prevention and Intervention; Summary; Chapter 6. Native Americans; History; Data; Gender |
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Tribal Affiliation and AcculturationMethods and Concomitant Factors; Spirituality and Religion; Views on Death, Suicide, and the Afterlife; Death Rituals and Mourning; Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual ("Two-Spirit") Issues; Suicide Prevention and Intervention; Summary; References; Index |
Summary |
This book adds a vital and overlooked dimension?diversity?to suicide assessments and interventions The literature on the relationship between culture and suicide has historically been widely scattered and often difficult to find. Cultural Diversity and Suicide summarizes that widespread literature so that counselors can begin to include diversity issues as important variables that can help them become even more effective when conducting suicide assessments or interventions. For ease of reading, Cultural Diversity and Suicide is divided into chapters based on ethni |
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Print version record |
Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781317786597 |
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1317786599 |
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