Rather than focus on a particular ethnic or minority group, this volume addresses the application of cultural psychiatry to various fields of psychiatric practice, including inpatient, outpatient, emergency, consultation-liason & pain management.
The editors have created in this volume an entirely new approach to understanding and acquiring cultural competency. Instead of examining populations of different ethnic groups, as is typical in the literature, this illuminating volume examines cultural issues as applied to the …
"This guide - designed to help mental healths care professionals meet the new requirements for cultural competence in clinical work - will find a welcoming audience among students, residents, educators, and clinicians."--BOOK JACKET.
As culturally relevant psychiatry becomes common practice, the need for competent and culturally relevant forensic psychiatry comes to the forefront. This volume, written by one expert in cultural psychiatry and another in forensic psychiatry addresses that need. By combining th…
By combining their expertise in two separate areas, the authors of this volume are able to develop and create a new body of knowledge and experiences addressing the issue of the cultural aspects of forensic psychiatry.