Mexican American psychology : social, cultural, and clinical perspectives
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Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017].
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viii, 192 pages ; 24 cm.
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
RC451.5.M48T68 2017
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Published
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-177) and index.
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"Providing in-depth coverage of the Mexican American population from social, cultural, and psychological (clinical) perspectives, this book promotes the understanding of cultural practices and sociological characteristics of this important ethnic group. There are now more than 32 million Mexican Americans living in the United States. As a result, the odds that a clinician will work with a member of this population--one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States--is extremely high. Understanding the culture, society, psyche, acculturation, assimilation, and linguistics specific to Mexican Americans, as well as their crises and appropriate interventions, is imperative to provide counseling/therapy services and culturally sensitive assessments. In this book, author Mario Tovar explains how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. Tovar documents significant differences among Mexican Americans depending on whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin--rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and northern versus southern Mexico, for example. Readers will understand how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them and learn about mental and physical health care practices common to Mexican Americans, including folk medicine and 'healers' who often include grandmothers and elder neighbors. This book addresses the characteristics of members of this large and growing group of Americans as distinct from the generalized ethnic group of 'Latino Americans;' covers long-time U.S. residents and recent immigrants from Mexico as well as second and later generation Mexican Americans; provides extensive information about the Mexican American population from different perspectives that gives readers better insight and understanding about this important ethnic group; promotes cultural sensitivity when working with Mexican Americans in different settings; and describes specific clinical strategies that can be effective when working with Mexican Americans"--Provided by publisher.

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Tovar, M. A. (2017). Mexican American psychology: social, cultural, and clinical perspectives . Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.

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Tovar, Mario A. 2017. Mexican American Psychology: Social, Cultural, and Clinical Perspectives. Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.

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Tovar, Mario A. Mexican American Psychology: Social, Cultural, and Clinical Perspectives Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.

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Tovar, Mario A. Mexican American Psychology: Social, Cultural, and Clinical Perspectives Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.

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