Life in Color: Culture in American Psychiatry

by Rodrigo Munoz MD, Annelle Primm MD, Jambur Ananth MD

In comprehensive and clear terms, this handbook contains strategies to help physicians better understand and treat their minority patients. This vital tool presents methods with which physicians can gain better compliance among minority patients, make more accurate diagnoses and medication prescriptions, and understand the role of family in different cultures. Emphasizing that African American, Hispanic, and Asian American communities all have different key cultural attributes, the discussion addresses minority medical issues such as depression, drug dependency, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. Written by physicians of three different minority groups, this guide speaks on a personal level to all readers.

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Rhonda Soukup · Rating 3 out of 5]

Post civil war story of a young woman who goes in search of a man she believes is responsible for her father's death. In an odd twist he is the son of her deceased stepmother and he becomes her legal guardian and owner of her family home. They fight over the plantation but in the end fall in love because they are both good looking people - obviously!