A troublesome imbalance has persisted for many years: the neglect of the fundamental
relevance of culture in successive editions of the American Psychiatric Association's …

Descriptive psychopathology and clinical phenomenology inform contemporary psychiatric
diagnosis and nosology. The process of psychiatric diagnosis and classification is intricate …

Mental illnesses occur throughout all cultures and societies although very often the stage,
severity and nature of presenting symptoms can vary tremendously. The help-seeking …

This paper deals with character and behavior in relation to some of the social and economic
realities of today's world. These realities include the fragmentation of pre-viously stable …

The purpose of this book is to describe cultural clinical psychology with a view toward
providing a meaningful integration of the fields of clinical psychology and cross-cultural …

Understanding culture's impact on mental health and its treatment is extremely important,
especially in light of recent reports highlighting the realities of health disparities and unequal …

The 'new cross-cultural psychiatry'heralded by Kleinman in 1977 promised a revitalized
tradition that gave due respect to cultural difference and did not export psychiatric theories …

Responds to comments by H. Takooshian (see record 2009-24989-012) and JK Tebes (see
record 2009-24989-013) on the current author's original article," Many forms of culture"(see …

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 …

Changes incorporated into the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) include a number of …