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Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care

Posted By: roxul
Date: 21 Aug 2023 07:53:29
Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care

Apa Council on Geriatric Psychiatry, "Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care"
English | ISBN: 1615372059 | 2018 | 320 pages | EPUB | 957 KB

Health care organizations are beginning to recognize the importance of cultural competence as it relates to efficiency, quality, and equity in the delivery of care within a competitive health care market, and Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care is designed to train mental health clinicians to deliver culturally sensitive care to an increasingly diverse patient population. Projections indicate that 35% of patients older than age 65 will be from a racial or ethnic minority group by 2050, compared with 11% in 1970. Today's mental health practitioners require knowledge, sensitivity, and an understanding of institutionalized practices and systems that undermine their patients' health and well-being.
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