Renton Technical College Library

Culture and Mental Health Sources

 

Websites
 

WHO Mental Health Atlas - the facts and figures on mental health in the world.

(Note: the database doesn't always work, but the .pdf file does, and you can search 
for a specific country name.)
http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/
 
World Federation for Mental Health - International information on mental health.
http://www.wfmh.org
 

 

 

Journal Articles

You can find journal articles by going to Renton Technical College Library database page

and searching either ProQuest or EBSCOhost. 
 

ProQuest - Do an advanced search with "mental disorders" as a subject,

and the name of the country you want as a location.

 
EBSCOhost - Do an advanced search with "mental illness" as a subject, 
and the name of the country you want as a geographic term. 
 
 

 

Books and Multimedia
 
Below are a sampling of Renton Technical College library materials 
containing information on culture and mental health.
 

Al-Issa, I.  (1995). Handbook of culture and mental illness : an international perspective.  Madison, Conn. : International Universities Press.

Call Number:  616.89 HANDBOO 1995c

 

 American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Ethnic Minority Elderly. (1994). Ethnic minority elderly : a task force report of the American Psychiatric Association. Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association.

Call Number:  362.208693 AMERICA 1994

 

Araya, B. (2001). Counseling in an Eritrean context. Lawrenceville, NJ : Red Sea Press.

Call Number:  158.309635 ARAYA 2001

 

Bemak, F., Chung, R. C., & Pedersen, P. (2003). Counseling refugees : a psychosocial approach to innovative multicultural interventions. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press.

Call Number:  158.3 BEMAK 2003

 

Bynum, Edward Bruce. (1999), The African unconscious: Roots of ancient mysticism and modern psychology. New York: Teachers College Press.

Call Number:  155.7 BYNUM 1999.

 

 Cox, Ruth P. (2003) Health related counseling with families of diverse cultures: family, health, and cultural.   Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press.

Call Number:  362.104256 COX-R 2003

 

De Vos, George A. (1975). Socialization for achievement : essays on the cultural psychology of the Japanese. Berkeley : University of California Press.

Call Number:  305.852 DEVOS 1975

  

Dwairy, Marwan Adeeb. (1998). Cross-cultural counseling: the Arab-Palestinian case. New York : Haworth Press.

Call Number:  158.3089927 DWAIRY 1998

 

Erny, Pierre. (1973). Childhood and cosmos; the social psychology of the Black African child [Translated by Alexandre Mboukou] Washington, DC: Black Orpheus Press.

Call Number:  305.896 ERNY-P 1973

 

Lu, Francis & Koskoff, Harriet. (Directors). (2005). The Culture of Emotions [DVD]. Boston: Fanlight Productions.

 

Favazza, Armando R. (1996). Bodies under siege : self-mutilation and body modification in culture and psychiatry. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press.

Call Number:  616.8582 FAVAZZA 1996

 

Fernando, Suman & Campling, Jo. (2002). Mental health, race, and culture. (2nd ed.) New York : Palgrave.

Call Number:  616.89 FERNARD 2002

 

Gaut, Delores, A. Editor. (1993). A global agenda for caring. New York : National League for Nursing.

Call Number: 610.7301 GLOBAL 1993a

 

Hall, Gordon C & Okazaki, Sumie. (2002). Asian American psychology : the science of lives in context. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.

Call Number:  155.8495073 ASIAN 2002p

 

Handbook of International Psychology. (2004). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Call Number: 150.9 HANDBOOK 2004i

 

Headley, Lee A.  Suicide in Asia and the Near East. (1983).  Berkeley : University of California Press.

Call Number:  362.28 SUICIDE 1983a

 

Ho, Man Keung. (1987). Family therapy with ethnic minorities. Newbury Park : Sage.

Call Number:  616.89156 HO-MAN 1987

 

International perspectives on mental health. (2003).  Greenwich, CT: IAP.

Call Number:  155.5 INTERNA 2003p

 

Keller, Richard C. (2007). Colonial madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Call Number:  616.8900961 KELLER 2007

 

Linde, Paul R. (2002). Of spirits and madness : an American psychiatrist in Africa. New York:McGraw-Hill.

Call Number:  616.8900968 LINDE 2002

 

Malek, Mhemooda & Joughin, Carol. (2004). Mental health services for minority ethnic children and adolescents. London:Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Call Number:  362.208309 MENTAL 2004h

 

Conference on Mental Health Research in Asia and the Pacific, Caudill, W. A., & Lin, T.-y. (1969). Mental health research in Asia and the Pacific. Honolulu: East-West Center Press.

Call Number:  616.89 MENTAL 1969m

 

Mohan, Brij. (1973). Social psychiatry in India: A treatise on the mentally ill. Calcutta: Minerva Associates.

Call Number:  362.2042 MOHAN 1973

 

Murphy, Gardner & Murphy, Lois Barclay. (1968). Asian psychology. New York, Basic Books.

Call Number:  128 MURPHY 1968

 

Okpaku, Samuel O. (1991). Mental health in Africa and the Americas today : a book of conference proceedings. Nashville, TN : Chrisolith Books.

Call Number:  362.2096 MENTAL 1991h

 

Organista, Pamela Balls, Chun, Kevin M., & Marín, Gerardo. (1998). Readings in ethnic psychology. New York : Routledge.

Call Number:  616.890089 READING 1998i

 

Paniagua, Freddie A.  (2001). Diagnosis in a Multicultural Context: A casebook for mental health professionals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Call Number: 616.089075 PANIAGU 2001

 

Parinder, Edward G. (1951). West African psychology. Cambridge (UK): James Clark.

Call Number:   200.19 PARRIND 1951

 

Pedersen, Paul. (1988). A handbook for developing multicultural awareness. Alexandria, Va. : American Association for Counseling and Development.

Call number:  158.3 PEDERS 1988

 

Pedersen, Paul. (2002). Counseling across cultures. (5th ed.) Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications.

Call Number:  616.8914 COUNSEL 2002

 

Ponterotto, Joseph G. (1995). Handbook of multicultural counseling. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications.

Call Number:  158.3 HANDBO 1995m

 

Powell, Gloria J. & Yamamoto, Joe. (1997). Transcultural child development : psychological assessment and treatment.  New York : Wiley.

Call Number:  618.9289 TRANSC 1997c

 

Price, Rumi K. et al, eds. (1995). Social psychiatry across cultures. New York: Plenum.

Call Number: 616.89 SOCIAL 1995p

 

Purnell, Larry D. & Paulanka, Betty J. (2003). Transcultural health care: A culturally competent approach. Philidelphia: F.A. Davis. 

Call Number: 362.1042 TRANSCU 2003h.

 

Slikkerveer, Leendert J. Plural medical systems in the Horn of Africa: The legacy of 'Sheikh' Hippocrates. London: Kegan Paul International.

Call Number:  362.109677 SLIKKER 1990

 

Rokhlin, L. (2001). Soviet medicine in the fight against mental diseases. Honolulu,

HA:University of the Pacific Press.

Call Number: 616.890947 ROKHLIN 20021

 

Spector, Rachel E. (2000). Cultural diversity in health & illness. (5th ed.) Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall Health.

Call Number:  362.10425 SPECTOR 2000

 

Stiffman, Arlene Rubin, & Davis, Larry E. (1990). Ethnic issues in adolescent mental health. Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications.

Call Number:  362.20835 ETHNIC 1990i

 

Tseng, Wen-Shing, Chang, Suk Choo, Nishizono, Masahisa (2005). Asian culture and psychotherapy : implications for East and West Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press.

Call Number:  616.8914009 ASIAN 2005

 

Uba, Laura. (2003). Asian Americans : personality patterns, identity, and mental health. New York : Guilford Press.

Call Number:  362.208995 UBA-L 2003

 

Ukashah, Ahmad, Arboleda-Flórez, J. & Sartorius, N. (2000).  Ethics, culture, and psychiatry: international perspectives. Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press.

Call Number:  616.89 ETHICS 2000

 

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