This chapter identifies the possible impacts of cultural issues on mental health and mental
health care. It focuses on one's own cultural identity as the basis for culturally safe care. The …

Background: While national practice standards and guidelines promote respectful and
culturally appropriate care for Aboriginal people, the multi-dimensional experiences of …

Developing cultural competence is a work in progress. It is continually influenced by the
provider's internal and external attributes and resources, such as the provider's sense of …

Israel's diverse culture presents challenges to the nation's health care system; lack of
culturally appropriate care adversely affects overall quality of care. Therefore, cultural …

Approximately one in five adults in the US experiences mental illness, according to the
National Institute of Mental Health. In addition to challenges related to healthcare access …

Since early 2020 a plethora of events, discussions and publications, from a wide variety of
global organisations and individuals have championed mental health (Murray et al 1996 …

The movement to establish uniform standards for the identification of empirically supported
treatments (EST) has contributed to an impressive growth in the number of treatments …

This chapter introduces you to the importance of culturally based health and well-being and
to health care delivered by mental health nurses. There is a need for mental health …

Today there is an overall greater awareness and acceptance of ethnic diversity in American
society and a clearer definition of the United States as a pluralistic nation. The last US …