Multicultural Care: A Clinician's Guide to Cultural Competence

Comas-Diaz, Lillian

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Book Information
Edition:	1st
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISBN:	1-4338-1068-9 (1433810689)
ISBN-13:	978-1-4338-1068-8 (9781433810688)
Binding:	Hardcover
Copyright:	2012
Publish Date:	12/11
Weight:	1.21 Lbs.
Pages:	317
Subject Class:	PSY (Psychiatry and Psychology)
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 90 days provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
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Class Specifications
ISSN Series:	Psychologists in Independent Practice
Discipline:	Psychiatry
Subject Definition:	Mental Disorders-Ethnology; Ethnic Groups-Psychology
NLM Class:	WM 140
LC Class:	RC455.4
Abstract:	In today's increasingly diverse society, clinicians must provide appropriate and effective services when working with multicultural clients. Examining the role of context on our clients, ourselves, and our world is critical. In this book, Lillian Comas-D.az offers a comprehensive, practical approach for enhancing your understanding of clients' contexts, developing a multicultural therapeutic relationship, and adapting your healing approach to your clients' needs. Each chapter demonstrates the application of cultural competence to a different aspect of clinical practice: self-awareness, assessment, engagement, treatment, psychopharmacology and testing, folk healing, and general multicultural consciousness. Ample clinical vignettes are provided, along with clear, easy-to-remember tools for integrating multicultural sensitivity into clinical practice. Importantly, the book draws on research and the APA Multicultural Guidelines to support the models and principles, which are illustrated with clinical material. This book is a must-read for all clinicians.