Psychology in Micronesia

Twaddle, Iain K. B.; Hezel, Francis X.; Rubinstein, Donald H.; Arriola, James E. H.; David, Annette M.; Nena, Holden J.; Meno, Camarin G.; Mauricio, Aieleen D.; Anefal, Joyce B.; Thomson, Martha A.; Temengil, Everlynn J.; Palemar, Iris L.; Tafledep, Hilda; Maipi, Inda L.; Wasson, Victor H. (2022). "Psychology in Micronesia". In Rich, G.J.; Ramkumar, N.A. (eds.). Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean (PDF). Springer. pp. 3–18. ISBN 978-3-030-87762-0.

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Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of psychology in the western Pacific region of Micronesia, which includes five US-affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) jurisdictions: the US Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the three independent nations of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). This chapter begins with a review of the region's geography and cultural heritage, as well as the impact of colonization and social change on Micronesian societies. The authors then examine behavioral health problems in Micronesia, with a particular focus on suicide and mental illness. Recent decades have seen alarming rates of suicide throughout the region, especially among adolescent and young adult males. Males are also at higher risk of serious mental illness in Micronesia, although prevalence rates range considerably across the region. This chapter concludes with an overview of behavioral health services in each of Micronesia's five USAPI communities, including a variety of culturally specific prevention, intervention, and outreach strategies designed to meet the unique needs of each island community. These formal behavioral health services supplement Indigenous cultural practices, such as traditional healers and informal familial and community support networks, which continue to play a vital role in the communities' responses to suicide, mental illness, and other behavioral health concerns. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87763-7_1
OpenAlex: W4200005816
CorpusID: 245231132