Thomas M. Achenbach and Leslie A. Rescorla, Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology:Implications for Mental Health Assessment

摘要

The importance of a multicultural perspective in the domain of psychopathology has been gaining increasing attention. In particular, with the fields of psychology and psychiatry working towards a fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the relevance of a multicultural approach has been highlighted by leaders in the field as imperative for a comprehensive understanding of clinical disorders. In this volume,Achenbach and Rescorla tackle this important issue with an emphasis on mental health assessment, providing an updated summary of an extensive literature and discussing key issues germane to the topic. This timely volume will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, students and educators working in the area of childhood psychopathology and is also positioned to play an important role in informing the integration of multicultural issues in DSM-V.