Mental Health Across Cultures: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals
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چکیده
Benson and Thistlethwaite are general practitioners who have written an introductory yet thorough practical guide on mental health to assist all health professionals working in multicultural contexts. While some book introductions (Chapter 1) can be quite tedious, theirs is quite fascinating as it provides some examples of their personal and professional cross cultural experience with refugees at a South Australian migrant service, Aboriginals at the Yalata community, Nepalese people in Dharan Eastern Napal and patients in Yorkshire England. The reason for, and their concern about, writing the book is implicit but clear:
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