Readings in Multicultural Practice

ISBN 10: 1412965179 / ISBN 13: 9781412965170

Published by Sage Publications, 2008

About this Item

pp. 584.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Readings in Multicultural Practice
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412965179
• ISBN 13: 9781412965170
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

Readings in Multicultural Practice features a wellspring of seminal research studies critical to understanding the complex issues surrounding mental health care and diversity. Providing a wealth of in-depth research into delivering culturally competent care, this rich anthology examines general issues in multicultural counseling competence training; ethnic minority intervention and treatment research; and sociocultural diversities.

Key Features and Benefits

• Features carefully selected research articles that are accessible to and practical for mental health practitioners and students
• Provides critical background research that sprang from rigorous research methods and multivariate statistical processes
• Opens with the key article that details the development of the ground-breaking 21-item California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale

Intended Audience  
This stand-alone reader provides upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of psychology, social work, and cultural studies with access to some of the most relevant research on delivering culturally competent mental health care.

About the Author

Glenn Gamst is Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at the University of La Verne, where he teaches the doctoral advanced statistics sequence. His research interests include the effects of multicultural variables on clinical outcome. Additional research interests focus on conversation memory and discourse processing. He received his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Arkansas.