Cultural Issues In The Treatment Of Anxiety [Hardcover]

Steven Friedman State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn USA. (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1572302372 | ISBN-13: 978-1572302372 | Publication Date: July 15, 1997 | Edition: 1

Recent years have seen significant advances in our knowledge of psychosocial interventions for anxiety disorders, yet scant consideration has been given to the ways these disorders are manifested and treated within different cultures and ethnic groups. Filling a significant void, this pioneering volume presents a thorough review of the research and clinical knowledge in this area. Leading experts on the subject examine the ways different cultural groups view anxiety, offer guidelines for diagnosis, and describe how therapists can provide culturally informed treatment. This book will be of interest to medical professionals and students who need to be able to recognize, diagnose, and treat anxiety disorders, as well as those interested in learning more about culturally informed treatment in other clinical contexts.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Anxiety is a key conceptual concept for mental disorder in its psychological, biological, and social aspects and causes. The impact of cultural setting for anxiety disorders has clear treatment consequences. This groundbreaking book thoroughly addresses this problem." --Donald F. Klein, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute

"One of the more important developments in the delivery of mental health services in recent years is the establishment of psychosocial interventions with empirical support for a number of major disorders. In few areas has as much progress been made as in the anxiety disorders. But research on the efficacy of new treatments has told us little about the generalizability of these effects, particularly across cultures. Now, for the first time, Steven Friedman's new book presents the latest information on disseminating effective psychosocial treatments across the major cultural subgroups in North America. The varieties of strategies and considerations clinicians face when dealing with cultural subgroups are described by expert clinicians with years of experience. No clinician or clinical researcher treating anxiety disorders should be without this important book." --David H. Barlow, PhD, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University

"This book comprehensively reviews critical issues that are crucially relevant in the care of practically all patients living in our increasingly diverse, increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural societies. It is scholarly, well-organized, and state of the art. The discussion on the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of anxiety-related conditions in different ethnic groups is theoretically grounded, data based and with a high level of clinical relevance. This book is highly recommended not only for researchers and students interested in cultural psychiatry, but also for the majority of clinicians who are increasingly confronted with patients with divergent ethnic and cultural backgrounds on a daily basis." --Keh-Ming Lin, MD, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Director, NIMH/Harbor-UCLA Research Center on the Psychobiology of Ethnicity

About the Author

Steven Friedman, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and founder and Director of the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He received his BS, Summa Cum Laude from Brooklyn College, City University of New York and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he was a Graduate Council Fellow. His areas of clinical research have focused on the manifestation and treatment of anxiety disorders across diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Hea has authored or coauthored more than 60 articles and chapters as well as an edited book, Anxiety Disorders in African Americans.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 261 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press; 1 edition (July 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572302372
• ISBN-13: 978-1572302372
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,070,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)