Multicultural professional psychologists routinely assert that psychotherapeutic interventions
require culturally competent delivery for ethnoracial minority clients to protect the distinctive …

In a world that is forever fragmenting into divisions of ethnicity and class, this
groundbreaking book offers an approach to therapy that reaches across the boundaries that …

Indigenous “First Nations” communities have consistently associated their disproportionate
rates of psychiatric distress with historical experiences of European colonization. This …

Objective: This conceptual article addresses “best practices” for Indigenous Peoples in the
United States and Canada. This topic is “thorny” both pragmatically (eg, rare representation …

Developed primarily in the consulting rooms and universities of Europe and North America,
traditional forms of psychological assessment and treatment are not up to the task of dealing …

Cultural psychiatry has evolved along 3 lines: I) cross-cultural comparative studies of
psychiatric disorders and traditional healing; 2) efforts to respond to the mental health needs …

The authors apply two contemporary notions of culture to advance the conceptual basis of
cultural competence in psychotherapy: Kleinman's (1995) definition of culture as what is at …

In this overview, the subject of culture and psychotherapy is considered broadly from five
perspectives:(i) culture-embedded indigenous healing practices,(ii) culture-influenced …

Health care practitioners are encouraged to “know the cultures” of the multicultural client
population they are serving in the United States. The premise behind this injunction is that …

African Americans experience unique obstacles when interfacing with mental health
services. Evidence of persistent disparities in treatment engagement, utilization, and quality …