{"product_id":"global-mental-health-latin-america-and-spanishspeaking-populations-rutgers-global-health-9780813595917","title":"Global Mental Health Latin America and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobal Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e provides an outline of the field of mental health with a particular focus on Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. The book details evidence-based approaches being implemented globally and presents ongoing state of the art research on major mental disorders taking place in Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This global health collection is wide-ranging topically and geographically.  New works from South America are a welcome counterbalance to available sources.  Remarkably fresh sourcebook of broad interdisciplinary interest.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- Janis H. Jenkins * Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry, Director, Center for Global Mental Health, UCSD *\u003cbr\u003eThis innovative book reviews what is known while telling the story of efforts to fill gaps in services and science in global mental health in Latin America and Spanish-speaking groups.  While reviewing epidemiology and services research, they describe recent issues including even political abuses, and new studies highlighting growth of this field. -- Kenneth Wells * Director of UCLA Semel Institute Center for Health Services and Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brief review of global mental health: challenges, developments, and needs \/ Stanley Nkemjika, Javier I. Escobar, and Humberto Marin\u003cbr\u003e Looking at cultural aspects of global mental health: The culturally infused engagement model in Latin American and Asian populations \/ Miwa Yasui and Kathleen J. Pottick\u003cbr\u003e The abuse of psychiatry globally: A focus on a little-known historical example from Francoist Spain \/ Ethan Pearlstein and Javier I. Escobar\u003cbr\u003e Task-shifting strategies in Latin America: The key role of primary care health agents in mental health policy and research in northern Argentina \/ Maria Calvo, Gabriel de Erausquin, Mariana Figueredo Aguiar, Eduardo Padilla, and Javier I. Escobar\u003cbr\u003e Genetic research on chronic, severe mental disorders in the Paisa population in Latin America: A review of past and current research \/ Carrie E. Bearden, Carlos Lopez Jaramillo, and Javier I. Escobar\u003cbr\u003e A brief rejoinder and future projections \/ Javier I. Escobar","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405800251735,"sku":"9780813595917","price":33.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813595917.jpg?v=1730493664","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-mental-health-latin-america-and-spanishspeaking-populations-rutgers-global-health-9780813595917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}