Working with Latino Youth

JOAN D. KOSS-CHIOINO is professor of anthropology and women's studies, Arizona State University, and adjunct professor of psychiatry and neurology, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans. LUIS A. VARGAS is associate professor and director of the Clinical Child Psychology Internship Program, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.Vargas and Koss-Chioino are coeditors of Working with Culture (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992).

• Forward I viiJose SzapocznikForeward IILillian Comas-Diaz ixPreface xiiiThe Authors xix1 Arenas for Therapeutic Intervention 12 A Contextual Theory 233 Latino Youth in Personal Contexts 434 Intervening in Personal Contexts 735 Social Contexts and Daily Activities 956 Intervening in Linked Contexts 1277 Intervening in Community Contexts 1558 Culture: The Pervasive Context 1759 Contextual Approaches Practical Implications 204Index 217

"A medical anthropologist and clinical psychologist tell us how tomake culturally appropriate psychological interventions responsiveto the context and developmental experience of Latino youth. Aneminently practical contribution for clinicians, planners, andadministrators." --Eugene B. Brody, professor and chairman emeritusof psychiatry, University of Maryland; editor-in-chief, Journal ofNervous and Mental Disease; and secretary general, World Federationfor Mental Health "At a time when America and its professionals increasingly need tobe responsive to the diversity of cultures, Koss-Chioino and Vargashave authored a comprehensive overview of Latino youth, who arerich in their own diversity. This highly readable book provides awealth of information and examples about a 'new ethnic majority' toassist practitioners in their approaches not only with Latinochildren and families, but also with applicability to a variety ofcultures through the contextual model these authors describe."--Michael C. Roberts, professor and director, Clinical ChildPsychology Program, University of Kansas "This book achieves, close to perfection, the rare combination ofsolid theory, in-depth analysis, lucid insights, and clinicallyuseful procedures. Contextual interventions are the core ingredientof a truly humanistic and effective therapy." --Renato D. Alarcon,professor and vice chairman, Department Of Psychiatry andBehavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine "This is a must-read book for health professionals, administrators,and advocates working with culturally diverse youth. We will use itas a guide for our school-based programs and in our clinics."--Robert L. Hendren, director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,Robert Wood Johnson Medical School