"As the ethnic population of the United States continues to grow, so too does the need for addressing an array of psychological problems faced by ethnic groups. The challenge to mental health professionals is to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to address these needs and problems, as well as to organize mental health services to treat ethnic groups in a sensitive, timely, and effective manner. This highly useful, new resource helps professionals meet that challenge. The book helps the therapist identify the relevant issues faced by ethnic minorities, and it identifies intervention strategies that can be used with ethnic groups." "The book is organized around content areas including general issues, intervention and treatment levels and modalities, selected populations, selected issues as problems, and the status of research and training in the field. Within these broad content areas, each chapter covers the major ethnic groups - African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and American Indians."--Jacket.

"A Longwood professional book"--Cover.

The changing ethnic profile of the United States / by Joseph F. Aponte and Ronald T. Crouch -- Impact of acculturation and moderator variables on the intervention and treatment of ethnic groups / by Joseph F. Aponte and Jon M. Barnes -- Symptom expression and the use of mental health services among American ethnic minorities / by Norman G. Dinges and Dana Cherry -- Impact of the use of standard psychological assessment on the diagnosis and treatment of ethnic minorities / by Richard H. Dana -- Traditional individual psychotherapy and ethnic minorities / by Julian Wohl -- Cultural relativistic approach toward ethnic minorities in family therapy / by Melvin N. Wilson [and others] -- Group interventions and treatment with ethnic minorities / by Melba J.T. Vasquez and Ay Ling Han -- Community approaches with ethnic groups / by Joseph F. Aponte and Catherine A. Morrow -- Traditional and folk approaches among ethnic minorities / by Joan D. Koss-Chioino -- Understanding and treating ethnic minority youth / by Robin Young Rivers and Catherine A. Morrow -- Clinical issues and intervention with ethnic minority women / by Robin Young Rivers -- Interventions with ethnic minority elderly / by Robert W. Grant -- Intervention and treatment of ethnic minority substance abusers / by Pamela Jumper Thurman, Randall Swaim, and Barbara Plested -- Ethnic minority physical health : issues and interventions / by Carol M. Cummings and Dana D. DeHart -- Intervention and treatment for ethnic minority homeless adults / by Norwetta G. Milburn and Terrlyn L. Curry -- Ethnic minority intervention and treatment research / by Stanley Sue, Chi-Ah Chun, and Kenneth Gee -- Education and training issues for intervention with ethnic groups / by Joseph F. Aponte and Jim Clifford -- Common themes and future prospects / by Julian Wohl and Joseph F. Aponte.