Cultural Consultation Encountering the Other in Mental Health Care /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kirmayer, Laurence J. (Editor), Guzder, Jaswant (Editor), Rousseau, Cécile (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: International and Cultural Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Clinical psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.

Cultural diversity is a global challenge for mental health services. The changing demography of communities requires rethinking approaches to cultural competence for health professionals and institutions. Cultural consultation is a way to improve the quality of mental health care by providing a nuan...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Place of Culture in Mental Health Services
• Development and Evaluation of the Cultural Consultation Service
• The Process of Cultural Consultation
• Cultural Consultation in Child Psychiatry
• Working with Interpreters
• Culture Brokers, Clinically Applied Ethnography and Cultural Mediation
• Family Systems in Cultural Consultation
• Gender, Power & Ethnicity in Cultural Consultation
• Community Consultation and Mediation with Racialized and Marginalized Minorities
• Addressing Cultural Diversity Through Collaborative Care
• Consultation to Remote and Indigenous Communities
• Cultural Consultation for Refugees
• Consultation to Youth Protection and Legal Settings
• Cultural Consultation in General Hospital Psychiatry
• Cultural Consultations in Medical Settings
• Conclusion: The Future of Cultural Consultation.