Jeffrey J. Magnavita

Clinical Decision Making in Mental Health Practice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first of its kind, this book applies the theory and research of decision analytics to mental health, with a focus on improving clinical decision making. Contributors examine common decision-making biases, such as confirmation bias and the "sunk-cost” fallacy. Practical recommendations are provided for improving clinical decisions using evidence-based findings, client feedback, ethics, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 186mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 757g
• ISBN-13: 9781433820298
• ISBN-10: 1433820293
• Artikelnr.: 43550595

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jeffrey J. Magnavita

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Caribbean Psychology — More Than a Regional Discipline
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Derek Chadee
I. Conceptual Issues
1. Toward a Caribbean Psychology: Context, Imperatives, and Future
Directions
Ava D. Thompson
2. Global, Indigenous, and Regional Perspectives on International
Psychology
John Berry
II. Developmental Psychology
1. Family Socialization Practices and Childhood Development in Caribbean
Cultural Communities
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Bora Jin
2. Remote Acculturation and the Birth of an Americanized Caribbean Youth
Identity on the Islands
Gail M. Ferguson
3. Caribbean Research on Human Development in Adolescence and Adulthood:
Progress and Recommended Directions
Ishtar O. Govia, Vanessa Paisley-Clare, and Tiffany Palmer
III. Health and Community Psychology
1. Current State of Health and Health Outcomes in Caribbean Societies
Lutchmie Narine
2. Contextualizing the Health Behavior of Caribbean Men
Andrew D. Case and Derrick M. Gordon
3. Interpersonal Violence in the Caribbean: Etiology, Prevalence, and
Impact
Gillian E. Mason and Nicola Satchell
IV. Social Psychology
1. Copycat Crime Behavior: Implications for Research in the Caribbean
Ray Surette, Mary Chadee, and Derek Chadee
2. Fear of Crime: The Influence of Community and Ethnicity
Mary Chadee and Derek Chadee
3. HIV/AIDS Stigmatization in the Caribbean: Implications for Health
Care
Jannel Philip, Rosana Yearwood, and Derek Chadee
V. Clinical Psychology
1. Mental Health in the Caribbean
Jacqueline Sharpe and Samuel Shafe
2. Metamorphosing Euro American Psychological Assessment Instruments to
Measures Developed by and for English-Speaking Caribbean People
Michael Canute Lambert, Whitney C. Sewell, and Alison H. Levitch
3. Innovations in Clinical Psychology With Caribbean Peoples
Rita Dudley-Grant
Index
About the Editors