Immigration and Acculturation: Mourning, Adaptation, and the Next Generation

by Salman Akhtar

Book Overview

This book provides clinical strategies for working with immigrant and ethnically diverse patients and their offspring while drawing observations from the humanities to reveal truths about the psychological impact of immigration. Each aspect of the life of an immigrant is explored, shedding light on the complexities of work, friendship, sex, marriage, aging, religion, and politics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442235098
• ISBN13: 9781442235090
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"