Abstract The Working with Culture seminar is offered as a course during the month long
Annual McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, attended by local …

In this chapter, we describe the process of cultural consultations in terms of the specific steps
from intake and triage, through interviewing and clinical data collection, to case formulation …

Large variations of inequalities in rates of mental health disorders and access to mental
health care exist within and between countries. Globally, disparities range from countries …

Culture and Mental Health: a comprehensive textbook is an authoritative text bringing
together experts from around the world to discuss the provision of mental health services …

Cultural diversity has always been a fact of life, nowhere more so than in the unique melting
pot of US society. Respecting and understanding that diversity is an important--and …

Cultural psychiatry deals with the impact of culture on causation, perpetuation and treatment
of patients suffering with mental illness. The role of culture in mental illness is increasingly …

Worldwide, increases in population growth and mobility have resulted in a society that is
increasingly multicultural in nature. Forced and voluntary migration, economic globalization …

Culture and Madness is a training resource that critically approaches the subject of culture
by questioning commonly held professional and cultural assumptions and biases. It outlines …

It is not enough for mental health professionals to make best use of the evidence base; they
must also ensure that interventions are culturally appropriate, acceptable and ethical. This is …

As our understanding of the human mind, idioms of human distress and mental health has
improved, it has become apparent that culture has an impact on all aspects of our lives …