Table of Contents
Preface
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Influence of Culture in Psychology and Other Mental Health Areas
Historical Perspectives on Multiculturalism
The Need to Explore Alternative Approaches to Assessment and Treatment—An Ethical Mandate
Current Major Approaches in Assessing Culturally Different Families
A Multicultural/Multisystems Approach to Intellectual Assessment: A Bio-Ecological Model
A Multimodal/Multisystems Approach to Visual, Motor, and Educational Assessment
A Multicultural/Multimodal Multisystems Approach to Personality Assessment
Best Practices in Report Writing for Linguistically/Culturally Different Children: A Bio-Ecological Psychological Report—A Multisystems Approach
Treatment Issues for the Culturally Different
Issues in Counseling Immigrant Families That Can Affect the Treatment Process
Current Major Approaches in Counseling the Culturally Different Families
Multicultural/Multimodal/Multisystems Approach to Working with Immigrant Families: A New Paradigm
Case Samples with the MULTI-CMS Approach
Training Implications
A Theoretical Framework for Training Therapists to Use the MULTI-CMS Model: An Exploration of the Major Competencies
Implications for Future Research and Clinical Work: A Vision for the Mental Health Field
Bibliography
Index
