Cross-Cultural Practice: Assessment, Treatment, and Training

by Sharon-Ann Gopaul-McNicol

Developed primarily in the consulting rooms and universities of Europe and North America, traditional forms of psychological assessment and treatment are not up to the task of dealing with today's culturally diverse patients. In an increasingly multicultural society, where basic terms such as "normality" and "family" can have radically varying definitions, it is not unusual for well-meaning clinicians to inadvertently misclassify unfamiliar behaviors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471148490
• ISBN13: 9780471148494
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"