Asian American Mental Health Book

1	Introduction	1
Sect. I	Cultural Relevance of Diagnostic Categories: A Conceptual Discussion
2	Understanding the Rates and Distribution of Mental Disorders	9
3	Examining the Usefulness of DSM-IV	29
4	Toward a New Paradigm: A Cultural Systems Approach	47
5	Challenging the Myth of a Culture Free Nosological System	67
Sect. II	Theories of Relevant Sociocultural Variables
6	Assessing Acculturation and Cultural Variables	77
7	Models of Cultural Orientation: Differences Between American-born and Overseas-born Asians	95
8	Cultural Variations in Self-Construal as a Mediator of Distress and Well-being	107
9	The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face	123
Sect. III	Issues of Psychometric Equivalence Across Cultures
10	Universal and Indigenous Dimensions of Chinese Personality	141
11	Interpreting Cultural Variations in Cognitive Profiles	159
12	The Conception of Depression in Chinese Americans	173
13	Assessing Asian and Asian American Parenting: A Review of the Literature	185
Sect. IV	Culturally Informed Assessment, Research, and Practice
14	Assessing Psychiatric Prevalence Rates Among Asian Americans	205
15	The Place of Ethnographic Understanding in the Assessment of Asian American Mental Health	219
16	The Clinical Assessment of Asian American Children	233
17	Examining the Role of Culture in Educational Assessment	251
18	A Cultural Accommodation Approach to Career Assessment with Asian Americans	265
19	Theory and Method of Multicultural Counseling Competency Assessment	283
20	Assessment of Cultural Competence in Mental Health Systems of Care for Asian Americans	301
Sect. V	Conclusions
21	Advances in the Scientific Study of Asian Americans	317
	Subject Index	323
	Author Index	331