Cultural Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry (Report (Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry: 1984), No. 145.)
Author: Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Keywords: Medical testing ISBN: 0873181441
Book description 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 - making it critical for clinicians to understand and incorporate cultural dimensions into their daily practices. This volume offers a contemporary pragmatic understanding of how culture is inextricably intertwined with mental health and mental illness. In Chapter 1, the 17-member GAP Committee on Cultural Psychiatry begins by discussing the history (particularly within the last two decades) and scope of culture in clinical psychiatry. In Chapter 2, the authors describe 11 selected cultural variables that…
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