New Textbook on Latino Mental Health has Chapter by Bethany College Administrator

Posted: Tuesday Aug. 14th, 2004

The Handbook of Chicana/o Psychology and Mental Health (July 2004) released this month by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers has a chapter authored by Dr. Marty Harris, Administrator at Bethany College.

Chapter 6 of the text written by Dr. Harris is titled: Folk Healing and Curanderismo Within the Contemporary Chicana/o Community: Current Status. The chapter was co-authored by colleagues from both San Diego State University and Vanguard University. Dr. Harris expertise in cross-cultural psychology and Latino psychiatric issues are well documented within the mental health arena. This October the California Institute For Mental Health is sponsoring Dr. Harris to address a workshop at the Cultural Competence and Mental Health Summit XII, A renewed Vision of Culture, where Dr. Harris will share themes within the book. This new text is the first of its kind in over twenty years. "The authors address a wide range of issues and concerns-ethnic identity, and gener role development and stereotyping; including substance abuse, HIV, and domestic violence; prevalence, risk, and protective factors, folk healing beliefs and traditions; and effective assessment, prevention, treatment, and practitioner-training strategies....Solidly grounded in the latest theory and research, much of which is relevant to other Latina/o groups as well, this text is an indispensable source of up-to-date information and guidance for mental health and education professionals, their trainees and students and social an behavioral sciences interested in the impact of cultural differences in multicultural settings."

For more information and ordering instructions for this new text please visit Lawrence Earlbaum Associates online at:

https://www.erlbaum.com/shop/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=0-8058-4158-X