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Acculturation and Asian American Elderly

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Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families

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The “graying” of the United States and its increasing ethnic and racial diversification make understanding the particular acculturation issues facing the Asian American elderly important for the mental health clinician. This population faces multiple acculturation stressors making it vulnerable to depression, anxiety, and suicide. In addition, for Asian American elderly suffering from dementia, acculturation can influence the diagnosis, treatment, and attitudes toward caregiving. Understanding these factors is critical for clinicians taking care of the Asian American elderly.

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  1. Depression Clinical Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Nhi-Ha Trinh

  2. John A. Burns School ofMedicine, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Iqbal Ahmed

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Nhi-Ha Trinh

  2. Mental Health Division, Family, Youth, and Children’s Services, City of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Yanni Chun Rho

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Francis G. Lu

  4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kathy Marie Sanders (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry)

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Trinh, NH., Ahmed, I. (2009). Acculturation and Asian American Elderly. In: Trinh, NH., Rho, Y.C., Lu, F.G., Sanders, K.M. (eds) Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-437-1_9

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