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Special Topics: Aging and the Elderly Scope
note: Included here is information about aging and the elderly in multiple
populations.
Materials at NMSU
- Ethnicity and Family Therapy. By Monica McGoldrick.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.A2 E83 1996
- Dealing primarily with mental health, this book provides excellent
overviews regarding the cultural values of a number of ethnic groups.
Emphasizes ethnic history, family patterns and relationships, religion,
and immigration and migration. Groups examined are: American Indians,
Alaskan Natives, African Americans, West Indians, Mexican, Puerto
Rican, Cuban, Asian, French Canadian, German, Greek, Iranian, Irish,
Italian, Jewish, Polish, Portuguese, Norwegian, and British.
- Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment.
- Location: Alamogordo Library
- Call Number: RC564 .E785 2003
- Divided into six sections containing 20 chapters authored by a collection
of doctors, professors, and clinical social workers, this book "...addresses
the delivery of ethnoculturally competent treatment of individuals
with alcohol and other drug problems...." Alcohol and drug related
cultural beliefs, customs, and values are explored for several populations,
including: African American, African-Caribbean, Native American, Cuban
American, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Arab American, Chinese American,
Cambodian Americans, Japanese American, Korean American, Asian Indian
American, and persons of British, French, and Jewish descents. Issues
related to women, young adults, and persons with AIDS are examined
within the cultural groups.
- Ethnogerocounseling: counseling ethnic elders and their
families.. By Virginia S. Burlingame.
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: HV1461 .B875 1999
- Presents a multicultural counseling model and techniques in four
major populations: Hispanic, Native American, Asian American/Pacific
Islander, and African Americans. Explores the psychological, spiritual,
and social implications of aging, and how these factors impact quality
of life, family support, and end of life decisions.
- Family Therapy with Ethnic Minorities. By Man Keung
Ho.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.A2 H62 1987
- Family centered approaches to problem solving, including marriage
and children, are the focus of this work. Four ethnic groups are represented:
Asian and Pacific Americans, Native Americans and Alaskan Natives,
Hispanic Americans, and African Americans.
- Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology.
By Pamela M. Kato and Traci Mann.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: R726.7 .H356 1996
- Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and Assessment.
By Richard H. Dana.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.A2 D36 1998
- Explores a variety of issues as they relate to African Americans,
American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Chinese and Japanese Americans,
and Hispanic Americans. Selected issues include, but are not limited
to: health and illness beliefs, services utilization, culture-specific
interventions, traditional healing practices.
- Transcultural
Mental Health On-line
- A series of three essays.
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