From Book News, Inc.
Based on a one-day symposium titled held at the State U. of New York, Brooklyn, in December 1995, this volume contains eleven contributions addressing both general issues in the cross-cultural treatment of anxiety disorders and issues in the treatment of specific ethnic groups in the US. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Review
"...each ethnic group chapter supplies some clinically relevant material....a welcome reference for both students and clinicians, and I strongly recommend it to anyone with interest in cultural aspects of anxiety or in the psychiatric treatment of anxiety disorders."/m-/The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (Frederick M. Jacobsen in Volume 187, Number 1, January 1999)

"...this book is rendered timely by the increasing incidence of anxiety disorders and the growing ethnic and racial diversity of the US population....useful for clinicians and researchers, and is likely to be a well-regarded addition to the field."/m-/Readings (Celia J. Boritz Wintz in 13:4 December 1998)

"...the book is an informative guide for clinicians and researchers who are interested in better understanding the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders across different cultural groups."/m-/General Hospital Psychiatry (Pratyusha Tummala-Narra and Albert P. Gaw in 20, 1998)



Review
"...each ethnic group chapter supplies some clinically relevant material....a welcome reference for both students and clinicians, and I strongly recommend it to anyone with interest in cultural aspects of anxiety or in the psychiatric treatment of anxiety disorders."/m-/The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (Frederick M. Jacobsen in Volume 187, Number 1, January 1999)

"...this book is rendered timely by the increasing incidence of anxiety disorders and the growing ethnic and racial diversity of the US population....useful for clinicians and researchers, and is likely to be a well-regarded addition to the field."/m-/Readings (Celia J. Boritz Wintz in 13:4 December 1998)

"...the book is an informative guide for clinicians and researchers who are interested in better understanding the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders across different cultural groups."/m-/General Hospital Psychiatry (Pratyusha Tummala-Narra and Albert P. Gaw in 20, 1998)



Book Description
Recent years have seen significant advances in our knowledge of psychosocial interventions for anxiety disorders, yet scant consideration has been given to the ways these disorders are manifested and treated within different cultures and ethnic groups. Filling a significant void, this pioneering volume presents a thorough review of the research and clinical knowledge in this area. Leading experts on the subject examine the ways different cultural groups view anxiety, offer guidelines for diagnosis, and describe how therapists can provide culturally informed treatment.



Book Info
State Univ. of New York, Brooklyn. Papers presented at the symposium: Recognizing and Treating Anxiety Disorders Across Cultures, sponsored by the Dept. of Psychiatry, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Dec. 1995. 27 contributors, 26 U.S.


About the Author
Steven Friedman, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and founder and Director of the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He received his BS, Summa Cum Laude from Brooklyn College, City University of New York and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he was a Graduate Council Fellow. His areas of clinical research have focused on the manifestation and treatment of anxiety disorders across diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Hea has authored or coauthored more than 60 articles and chapters as well as an edited book, Anxiety Disorders in African Americans.



Excerpted from Cultural Issues in the Treatment of Anxiety by Steven Friedman. Copyright © 1997. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
I. General Issues in the Cross-Cultural Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
1. A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Anxiety Disorders, Peter Guarnaccia
2. Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders across Cultural Groups, Ewald Horwath and Myrna M. Weissman
3. An Overview of the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Focusing on Panic Disorder as a Model, Lawrence A. Welkowitz and Jack M. Gorman
II. Issues in the Treatment of Specific Ethnic Groups in the United States
4. Hispanic Americans, Ester Salman, Kimberly Diamond, Carlos Jusino, Arturo Sanchez-LaCay, and Michael R. Liebowitz
5. Caribbean Americans, Sharon-ann Gopaul-McNicol and Janet Brice-Baker
6. Asian Americans, Gayle Y. Iwamasa
7. Orthodox Jews, Cheryl M. Paradis, Steven Friedman, Marjorie L. Hatch, and Robert Ackerman
8. African Americans, Angela M. Neal-Barnett and Jeffrey Smith Sr.
9. Asian-Indian Americans, Ramaswamy Viswanathan, Manoj R. Shah, and Anwarul Ahad
III. Special Topics
10. Psychopharmacology and Ethnicity, Ira M. Lesser, Michael Smith, Russell E. Poland, and Keh-Ming Lin
11. Culture and Anxiety: A Clinical and Research Agenda, Laurence J. Kirmayer

ANNOTATION

The book contains no figures.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Recent years have seen significant advances in our knowledge of psychosocial interventions for anxiety disorders, yet scant consideration has been given to the ways these disorders are manifested and treated within different cultures and ethnic groups. Filling a significant void, this pioneering volume presents a thorough review of the research and clinical knowledge in this area. Leading experts on the subject examine the ways different cultural groups view anxiety, offer guidelines for diagnosis, and describe how therapists can provide culturally informed treatment.

FROM THE CRITICS

Booknews

Based on a one-day symposium titled held at the State U. of New York, Brooklyn, in December 1995, this volume contains eleven contributions addressing both general issues in the cross-cultural treatment of anxiety disorders and issues in the treatment of specific ethnic groups in the US. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

ACCREDITATION