Global Mental Health : : Latin America and Spanish-Speaking Populations / / ed. by Javier I Escobar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• MitwirkendeR: Bearden, Carrie E.,; Bearden, Carrie,; Calvo, Maria,; Erausquin, Gabriel de,; Escobar, Javier I.,; Figueredo Aguiar, Mariana,; Figueredo Aguiar, Marina,; Jaramillo, Carlos Lopez,; Lopez Jaramillo, Carlos,; Marin, Humberto,; Nkemjika, Stanley,; Padilla, Eduardo,; Pearlstein, Ethan,; Pottick, Kathleen J.,; Pottick, Kathleen,; Yasui, Miwa,; de Erausquin, Gabriel,
• HerausgeberIn: Escobar, Javier I,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Rutgers Global Health
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 1 photograph, 1 map, 1 figure, b-w

Global Mental Health provides an outline of the field of mental health with a particular focus on Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. The book details evidence-based approaches being implemented globally and presents ongoing state of the art research on major mental disorders taking place...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Series Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. A Brief Review of Global Mental Health: Challenges, Developments, and Needs
• 2. Looking at Cultural Aspects of Global Mental Health: The Culturally Infused Engagement Model in Latin American and Asian Populations
• 3. The Abuse of Psychiatry Globally: A Focus on a Little-Known Historical Example from Francoist Spain
• 4. Task-Shifting Strategies in Latin America: The Key Role of Primary Care Health Agents in Mental Health Policy and Research in Northern Argentina
• 5. Genetic Research on Chronic, Severe Mental Disorders in the Paisa Population in Latin America: A Review of Past and Current Research
• 6. A Brief Rejoinder and Future Projections
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Contributors
• Index