Culturally Diverse Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment / Edition 2

by Ian A. Canino MD, Jeanne Spurlock

Overview

Child assessment and treatment is complicated by numerous factors: developmental variables, how and where symptoms are expressed, and the different ways that parents and teachers may perceive and define problem behavior. The clinician's task is further compounded when clients are culturally diverse children and adolescents dealing with multiple social stressors. This widely used clinical resource and text guides mental health practitioners in conducting culturally competent, effective work with economically disadvantaged youngsters from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American backgrounds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781572305830
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	07/26/2000
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian A. Canino, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Deputy Director of Child Psychiatry Training, and Director of the Community Child Psychiatry Program at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He has founded a number of professional associations related to the mental health needs of culturally diverse populations and is actively involved as a lecturer and consultant to national and international organizations. The recipient of both state and federal grants to develop and implement a training program that can address the psychological and educational needs of culturally diverse children and adolescents in large urban areas, he has published a series of articles and chapters on child mental health.

Jeanne Spurlock, MD, before her death in 1999, was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University and Howard University. Formerly, she served as Deputy Director and Director of the Office of Minority/National Affairs at the American Psychiatric Association, Visiting Scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health, and Chairperson in the Department of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College.

Table of Contents

I. A Perspective for the Clinician
1. The Influence of Culture and Multiple Social Stressors on the Culturally Diverse Child
II. The Diagnostic Challenge
2. History Taking
3. Culturally Sensitive Psychological Assessment, Carmen Rodriguez
4. Diagnostic Categories
III. The Treatment of Culturally Diverse Children
5. Culturally Sensitive and Competent Therapeutic Interventions
6. The Clinician as Advocate
References
Index

Interviews

Therapists and counselors working with children and adolescents. May serve as a text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on child and adolescent assessment and treatment.

Editorial Reviews

"This second edition offers a unique understanding of the clinical challenges involved in diagnosing and treating children and adolescents raised in multiethnic, multiracial, and multicultural environments. Canino and Spurlock clearly depict the importance of going beyond traditional diagnostic and treatment practices when intervening with special population groups. Without question, this book offers a unique value with respect to its topic, format, and clinical utility. It will be a valuable text for general psychiatric residents, child fellows, psychology and social work trainees, and mental health clinicians at large. I look forward to using this book in both my clinical practice and teaching." —Pedro Ruiz, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center

"Culturally Diverse Children and Adolescents, Second Edition, integrates the developmental, social, and clinical literature on disenfranchised children and their families. Stimulating case vignettes illustrate key concepts, as well as preventive and therapeutic intervention strategies. An easy-to-read summary of key problems in serving diverse populations is provided." —Mary Jane Rotheram, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

From the Publisher

"This closely packed valuable book...would also be especially useful as a text in the college classroom and as a training aid for mental health workers of all kinds."

Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy

"Offers a comprehensive and systematic review of relevant and current literature."

Clinical Social Work Journal

"Canino and Spurlock offer concrete suggestions on how to elicit relevant history information (including cultural expectations of child development and behavior, the role of the extended family, family values, and protective factors within the family); how to use available diagnostic criteria; and how to intervene, with whom, and with which treatment strategies."

Zero to Three

"Canino and Spurlock offer concrete suggestions on how to elicit relevant history information (including cultural expectations of child development and behavior, the role of the extended family, family values, and protective factors within the family); how to use available diagnostic criteria; and how to intervene, with whom, and with which treatment strategies."

Zero to Three

3 Stars from Doody

This book creates guidelines for working with minority group children and adolescents in mental health settings. Using many clinical vignettes, the authors illustrate the importance of cultural differences in the diagnosis and treatment of young people. The purpose is to improve the mental health services offered to ethnically and culturally different children and adolescents. The authors offer concrete suggestions for interviewing, diagnosing, and intervening with these children and their caretakers. Guidance is needed in this area because mental health clinics are full of children from backgrounds very different from those attempting to help them. The intended audience is community-based practitioners. The book is also useful for teachers and advanced students working in practicum settings. The authors are well suited to the task because they themselves are responsible for training programs at major urban medical centers. The book has an attractive cover and easy-to-read print. There are no illustrations; the case examples are numerous, brief, and relevant and they too contribute to the book's readability. The references include many useful but recently neglected articles on cultural differences and mental health. An updated section on psychological testing and academic assessment would be a useful addition. Writing a book on cultural diversity is a risky undertaking, which often trivializes the very differences about which it intends to sensitize. These authors succeed in their mission, offering practical and sensible guidelines for considering cultural issues in assessment and treatment. This is a valuable book for training programs and an informative book for those practitionersalready involved in the mental health treatment of minority children and adolescents.

Abigail B. Sivan

Augmenting the 1994 edition with new research findings, diagnostic techniques, and descriptions of community programs that focus on culturally competent interventions, Canino (psychiatry, Columbia U.) and the late Spurlock (psychiatry, George Washing and Howard U.) guide mental health practitioners in conducting culturally competent effective work with economically disadvantaged youngsters from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American backgrounds. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Reviewer: Abigail B. Sivan, PhD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book creates guidelines for working with minority group children and adolescents in mental health settings. Using many clinical vignettes, the authors illustrate the importance of cultural differences in the diagnosis and treatment of young people.
Purpose: The purpose is to improve the mental health services offered to ethnically and culturally different children and adolescents. The authors offer concrete suggestions for interviewing, diagnosing, and intervening with these children and their caretakers. Guidance is needed in this area because mental health clinics are full of children from backgrounds very different from those attempting to help them.
Audience: The intended audience is community-based practitioners. The book is also useful for teachers and advanced students working in practicum settings. The authors are well suited to the task because they themselves are responsible for training programs at major urban medical centers.
Features: The book has an attractive cover and easy-to-read print. There are no illustrations; the case examples are numerous, brief, and relevant and they too contribute to the book's readability. The references include many useful but recently neglected articles on cultural differences and mental health. An updated section on psychological testing and academic assessment would be a useful addition.
Assessment: Writing a book on cultural diversity is a risky undertaking, which often trivializes the very differences about which it intends to sensitize. These authors succeed in their mission, offering practical and sensible guidelines for considering cultural issues in assessment and treatment. This is a valuable book for training programs and an informative book for those practitioners already involved in the mental health treatment of minority children and adolescents.

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