Families and Health Cross-Cultural Perspectives

This broad-ranging book highlights the enormous importance of the family in enhancing individuals' health and in safeguarding mental health. These empirical studies look at groups as diverse as elderly Samoans living in Hawaii, Nigerian families living in Africa, and children of all races and ethnic groups living in Florida foster care. Families and Health discusses the role healthy families play in various health and mental health issues, including preventing drug use, successful treatment for substance abuse, caregiving of the frail elderly, and helping families deal with schizophrenia.Delva, Jorge is the author of 'Families and Health Cross-Cultural Perspectives' with ISBN 9780789016591 and ISBN 0789016591.