Since the publication of DSM-IV in 1994, neurobiologists and anthropologists have criticized
the rigidity of its diagnostic criteria that appear to exclude whole classes of alternate illness …

After decades of relative neglect and marginalization within psychiatry, the study of the
relationship between culture and psychopathology has emerged as topic of considerable …

The new section of Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry announced and described by Roberto
Lewis-Femdndez in the pages that follow grew out of the work of the National Task Force on …

III-R) gives scant attention to the significance of culture. Two paragraphs in the Introduction
advising caution when using the Manual in different cultures (pp. xxvi-xxvii) are followed by …

For thirty years, psychiatrists and anthropologists have collaborated to improve the validity of
psychiatric diagnosis. This collaboration has produced the DSM-IV Outline for Cultural …

Highlights•Culture influences the prevalence, symptomatology and course of mental
disorders.•Ongoing shift from typifying ethnic groups to viewing culture in terms of ecosocial …

Psychiatric diagnosis is a clinical activity subjected to more clinical determinants than many
others. Based on a unique human encounter, it resorts to a variety of informational sources …

Cultural psychiatrists and medical anthropologists have long held that studying culture is
fundamental to studying mental health. Psychiatric classification is a cultural system that …

Sociocultural forces play a significant role in the etiology, structure, and treatment of mental
disorders. With the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders …

This chapter reviews some key aspects of current research in cultural psychiatry and
explores future prospects. The first section discusses the multiple meanings of culture in the …