Understanding Korean Americans' Mental Health | A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies

Anderson Sungmin Yoon (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1793636451 / ISBN 13: 9781793636454

Published by Lexington Books, 2021

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Understanding Korean Americans' Mental Health | A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies | Anderson Sungmin Yoon (u. a.) | Buch | Korean Communities across the World | Gebunden | Englisch | 2021 | Lexington Books | EAN 9781793636454 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Korean Americans' Mental Health | A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793636451
• ISBN 13: 9781793636454
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 29D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 814 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Korean American community is one of the major Asian ethnic subgroups in the United States. Though considered among one of the model minority groups, excelling academically and professionally, members in this community are plagued by unaddressed mental health obstacles. In Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health: A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies, the editors, Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Sung Seek Moon, and Haein Son, examine a variety of mental health issues in the Korean American community, including depression, suicide, substance abuse, and trauma, and convincingly connect these challenges to cultural stigma and racial prejudice.

The editors argue that this population and its mental health needs are neglected by current approaches in mainstream mental health services. Alarmingly, the very cultural values that help make up the Korean American community are contributing to its members’ reluctance to seek care, counting both familial and communal shame among the most pressing culprits. This book supports these claims with statistical realities and seeks to gather the relatively scarce research that does exist on this topic to underscore the heightened prevalence of mental health issues among Korean Americans, and the contributors make recommendations for more culturally competent practices, program developments, and policies.

About the Author

Anderson Sungmin Yoon is assistant professor in Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Social Welfare.