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The History Of The Pacific Islands Is Noted For Great Upheavals, From Colonization To Tribal Warfare, Natural Disasters To Nuclear Testing. More Recently, Political Change, Increasing Technology And Urbanization, And Conflict Between Traditional And Western Cultures Have Led To Considerable Social Problems In The Region. Substance And Alcohol Abuse, Violence, Cultural Displacement, And Suicide Bring Uncertainty To Day-to-day Life And Stretch Already Overextended Social Resources. Social Change And Psychosocial Adaptation In The Pacific Islands Sensitively Balances Situations Applicable Across This Vast Geographical Area With Data And Events Relevant To Individual Nations In Polynesia, Melanesia, And Micronesia. Chapters Are Written By Native Clinicians, Cultural Anthropologists, Cross-cultural Psychologists, And Other Professionals Serving The Region. Each Provides Historical Background, Details The Country's Ethnic Makeup, Summarizes Major Cultural Identity/survival Issues, And Examines Its Existing Health Care And Mental Health Care Systems.--jacket. Introduction / Anthony J. Marsella, Ayda Aukahi Austin, Bruce Grant -- Social Change In The Pacific: Problems Old, Problems New, Pr

Author

Anthony J Marsella; Ayda Aukahi Austin; Bruce Grant; SpringerLink (Online service)

Publisher

Springer US : Imprint: Springer

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780387232898

Subjects

Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology