Building on their previous works about cultural competency in clinical areas and in
psychotherapy, the editors have created in this volume an exceptional and entirely new …

Modern psychiatrists have come to realize that cultural considerations are essential in the
practice of psychiatry, particularly in the area of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, as the art of …

Cultural clinical psychology and psychiatry aim to address the mental health needs of
diverse communities by integrating attention to cultural differences in knowledge, social …

In recent years, cultural competence has become a popular term for a variety of strategies to
address the challenge of cultural diversity in mental health services. This issue of …

Modern providers are expected to be “culturally competent,” providing effective care to
patients of cultures different than their own. Cultural competence impacts every facet of …

Culture permeates human activity the world over. In today's technological" global village,"
people from very different cultures are interacting more closely and more often than ever …

Objectives The authors summarize the pedagogical approaches and curriculum used in the
training of clinicians in cultural psychiatry at the Division of Social and Transcultural …

Open Forum nicity, culture, or language proficiency”(7). Likewise,“the idea of cultural
competency is an explicit statement that one-size-fits-all health care cannot meet the needs …

Cultural Competence in Health Care is a short, readable book written by 2 professors of
psychiatry at the University of Hawaii Medical School for health care providers and mental …

Recent reports indicate that the quality of care provided to immigrant and ethnic minority
patients is not at the same level as that provided to majority group patients. Although the …