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Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans

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Abstract

This chapter addresses counseling issues related to promoting health among South Asian Americans in medical settings. The chapter will review cultural issues relevant to seeking help pertaining to physical or mental health issues, and the experiences of South Asian Americans in medical settings. We explore the influence of culture of origin, language issues, and assumptions about allopathic medicine versus homeopathic, or Ayurvedic medicine. A brief review of the diseases that South Asians are at risk for will also be presented. Factors that put South Asians’ at risk for physical and mental disorders will be explored, including, the role of diet and exercise, medical literacy, stress of migration, adaptation to US culture, acceptance and rejection, loss of known familial and extended support systems, and work-related stressors. The primary issue of interest in this chapter is adherence to medical advice to manage chronic diseases and the processes that could lead to success for health care professionals.

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Ibrahim, F.A., Heuer, J.R. (2018). Issues in Counseling South Asian Americans. In: Perera, M., Chang, E. (eds) Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans. Cross-Cultural Research in Health, Illness and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91120-5_10

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