This editorial addresses contemporary models of cultural competency and considers
adaptations of the DSM-IV cultural formulation for children and adolescents. Cultural issues …

The United States faces a rapidly changing demographic and cultural landscape, with its
population becoming increasingly multiracial and multicultural. In consequence, cultural and …

OBJECTIVE: The publication of DSM-IV is notable for the improved coverage of cultural
issues in the diagnosis of mental disorders. In particular, Appendix 1 of DSM-IV includes an …

Cultural competence is defined as a respect for and understanding of diverse ethnic and
cultural groups, their histories, traditions, beliefs, and value systems. According to a recent …

Case 1: Andrew is a 16-year-old white boy with a history of depression and anxiety who
presented to the emergency room after a suicide attempt by intentional acetaminophen …

ERIC - EJ840750 - Cultural Competence in Child Psychiatric Practice, Journal of the American
Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009-Apr NotesFAQContact Us ERIC - Institute of …

Everyone brings his or her own personal and professional culture to an interaction; culture
influences many aspects of psychiatric illness, including illness manifestation, coping, and …

Contemporary child psychiatry has both embraced the relevance of culture to diagnosis (in
endorsing cultural competence) and taken a largely culture-blind approach to classification …

At the time of this writing, the United States is undergoing unprecedented growth in its racial,
ethnic, and cultural diversity. 1 And over the past 10 years, it has become a reality that most …

This paper addresses the extent to which the recommendations of a Child Committee of the
Group on Culture and Diagnosis of the DSM-IV Task Force were incorporated into the DSM …