Understanding Korean Americans' Mental Health (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies
Redaktion: Yoon, Anderson Sungmin; Son, Haein; Moon, Sung Seek

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793636461
• Artikelnr.: 62173411

Autorenporträt

Anderson Sungmin Yoon is assistant professor of social work at Nyack College and VP of integrated and value-based care at The Child Center of NY. Sung Seek Moon is professor and Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies at Baylor University. Haein Son isa licensed clinical social worker and external review director at New York City Children's Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Life Development and Mental Health
Chapter 1: Pathways to Mental Health Service Use for Korean American
Adolescents: A Case Study
Wenhua Lu, Jessica Cho Kim, and Anderson Sungmin Yoon
Chapter 2: Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment Among Korean Immigrant
Parents
Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Sharon Jung, and Yifan Liu
Chapter 3: The Moderating Role of Church-Based and General Social Support
to Assist with Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Korean
Immigrants
Yeon-Shim Lee and Soonhee Roh
Chapter 4: Mental Health and Health Services Used by Korean American
Immigrant Older Adults
Seokwon Yoon and Sung Seek Moon
Chapter 5: Limited English Proficiency, Social Determinants, and the
Physical and Mental Health Status of Korean Immigrant Elders
Kyoung Hag Lee, Jung Sim Jun, and Hyeyoung Woo
Chapter 6: Gender Differences in Social Network/Support, Technology Use,
and Life Satisfaction for Korean Immigrant Elders
Jung Sim Jun and Kyoung Hag Lee
Part 2: L