| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Race, ethnicity, culture, and health
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Race, ethnicity, culture, and health.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to sociological and anthropological topics -- Overview of Mexican American psychology -- Mexican American history -- Contemporary Mexican American society -- Undocumented immigration and Mexican Americans -- Assimilation and acculturation of Mexican Americans -- Language, communication, and Mexican Americans -- Introduction to clinical topics -- Mexican Americans and mental health -- The clinical interview -- Counseling Mexican Americans -- Psychological assessments and evaluations for Mexican Americans -- Crisis interventions -- Future considerations. |
| Summary |
This book explores how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. It documents differences among Mexican Americans whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin, e.g., rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and explains how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Psychology.
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Mexican Americans -- Psychology. |
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Mexican Americans. |
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Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs.
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Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs. |
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Mexican Americans -- Health and hygiene.
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Mexican Americans -- Health and hygiene. |
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Mexican Americans -- Mental health.
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Mexican Americans -- Mental health. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tovar, Mario A. (Mario Alberto) Mexican American psychology Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017] 9781440841477 (DLC) 2016057092 |
| ISBN |
9781440841484 (electronic book) |
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1440841489 (electronic book) |
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9781440841477 (hard copy) (alkaline paper) |
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