Modern psychiatrists have come to realize that cultural considerations are essential in the
practice of psychiatry, particularly in the area of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, as the art of …

Building on their previous works about cultural competency in clinical areas and in
psychotherapy, the editors have created in this volume an exceptional and entirely new …

Contemporary mental health practitioners widely recognize the importance of cultural issues
in psychotherapy. Knowledge of cultural factors and skill in dealing with them within the …

To provide effective psychotherapy for culturally different patients, therapists need to attain
cultural competence, which can be divided broadly into the 2 intersecting dimensions of …

The current scene in the field of cultural psychiatry shows a vigorous growth, multifaceted
conceptual and research developments and more relevant clinical presence. After a …

Cultural psychiatry is now a mature discipline. Deeper analyses are addressing the
complexities of sociosomatics—the translation of culture into bodily experience—and, thus …

Increasingly, psychologists are becoming aware of sensitivity needs with respect to treating
patients from differing cultures. Culture can play an important role both in what a patient …

Cultural factors play a very important role in the way psychiatric symptoms are presented to
clinicians and how clinicians deal with them. This book offers practical advice on the topic for …

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 …