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

The present article offers an overview discussion of ethnocultural aspects of PTSD, with
special attention to major conceptual issues, clinical considerations, and therapy practices …

This chapter introduces readers to a basic model and framework with which to understand
how human cultures influence, and are influenced by, psychological processes and …

For more than a century, hundreds of psychologists have studied race and ethnicity. Yet this
scholarship, like American culture at large, has been ambivalent, viewing race and ethnicity …

Developments in the theories of identity, culture, and traumatology enrich our cross-cultural
understanding of mental health dynamics, case conceptualization, and developing effective …

This article reviews the international research literature on the relationship of urbanization,
mental health, and social deviancy. Attention is called to the multidisciplinary and …

Culture is an essential factor in the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples, but colonisation has
disrupted and fragmented Indigenous cultures across the world. In Australia, urban …

Although secondary traumatization has been extensively studied, gender difference in
susceptibility has received limited attention. This study addressed the issue by a meta …

The paper discusses varieties of group therapies with refugees and torture survivors and the
logic behind enhancing traditional group therapies to fit the unique experiences of refugees …

Combining insights from Freud and Weber, this article explores whether Protestants (vs.
Catholics and Jews) are more likely to sublimate their taboo feelings and desires toward …