Cultural
Psychiatry
The
mission of this Committee is to explore, assess, and
understand how culture and ethnic identity influence human
behavior, psychiatric diagnosis, clinical manifestations,
explanations, treatment, and outcome of mental disorders.
Issues to be studied, include, among others,
socialization experiences, values, beliefs, traditions,
language, socioeconomic and political status,
acculturation responses, prejudice and discrimination.
Biopsychosocial parameters such as demographic and
epidemiological patterns as well as access to and
utilization of mental health services are also appropriate
topics.
Previous Committee reports have included Suicide
and Ethnicity and Alcohol and Ethnicity among US
minority groups.
The Committee is currently working on cultural
competence training issues, and the implications of race
in different aspects of clinical and research practices. |
|
