Clinical Decision Making in Mental Health Practice

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, PhD, received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. He is Jack Reilly Professor of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. He has taught at several universities in the United States and internationally and has conducted observational and survey studies around the world on father involvement and childhood development in India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil, the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Thailand.Dr. Roopnarine was a consultant to the Roving Caregiver Program implemented in several Caribbean countries and assisted in revising the Guyanese national early childhood curriculum. He was Fulbright scholar to The University of the West Indies, was awarded a Distinguished Visiting Nehru Chair at M. S. Baroda University, Gujarat, India, is the editor of the journal Fathering, and has published extensively in the areas of family relationships, childhood development, and early childhood education across cultures.His recent volumes include International Perspectives on Children's Play (with Patte, Johnson, and Kuschner) and Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles, and Diverse Practices of Dads.Derek Chadee, PhD, received his doctorate from the Department of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI). He is a professor of social psychology in the Department of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. He is also director of the ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre at UWI.Dr. Chadee has edited several volumes, including Theories in Social Psychology and Social Psychological Dynamics (with Aleksandra Kostic). He has written several articles on the social psychology of fear of crime trying to bridge criminological issues with social psychological theories. His current research interests are fear of crime, HIV/AIDS stigmatization, and antecedents of emotions.Dr. Chadee was a Fulbright scholar at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

• ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Caribbean Psychology - More Than a Regional DisciplineJaipaul L. Roopnarine and Derek ChadeeI. Conceptual IssuesToward a Caribbean Psychology: Context, Imperatives, and Future DirectionsAva D. ThompsonGlobal, Indigenous, and Regional Perspectives on International PsychologyJohn BerryII. Developmental PsychologyFamily Socialization Practices and Childhood Development in Caribbean Cultural CommunitiesJaipaul L. Roopnarine and Bora JinRemote Acculturation and the Birth of an Americanized Caribbean Youth Identity on the IslandsGail M. FergusonCaribbean Research on Human Development in Adolescence and Adulthood: Progress and Recommended DirectionsIshtar O. Govia, Vanessa Paisley-Clare, and Tiffany PalmerIII. Health and Community PsychologyCurrent State of Health and Health Outcomes in Caribbean SocietiesLutchmie NarineContextualizing the Health Behavior of Caribbean MenAndrew D. Case and Derrick M. GordonInterpersonal Violence in the Caribbean: Etiology, Prevalence, and ImpactGillian E. Mason and Nicola SatchellIV. Social PsychologyCopycat Crime Behavior: Implications for Research in the CaribbeanRay Surette, Mary Chadee, and Derek ChadeeFear of Crime: The Influence of Community and EthnicityMary Chadee and Derek ChadeeHIV/AIDS Stigmatization in the Caribbean: Implications for Health CareJannel Philip, Rosana Yearwood, and Derek ChadeeV. Clinical PsychologyMental Health in the CaribbeanJacqueline Sharpe and Samuel ShafeMetamorphosing Euro American Psychological Assessment Instruments to Measures Developed by and for English-Speaking Caribbean PeopleMichael Canute Lambert, Whitney C. Sewell, and Alison H. LevitchInnovations in Clinical Psychology With Caribbean PeoplesRita Dudley-GrantIndexAbout the Editors