Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry

"Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry is the most welcome tool yet... No author is better qualified to produce such a book than Wen-Shing Tseng, whose wealth of research knowledge and teaching experience produced the well-respected Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry... The book opens with an introduction to concepts of culture and definitions of related terms, which should be required reading for psychiatric residents and students of all clinical social sciences... These openings sections are as readable as any novel and replete with interesting and relevant examples and photos... the text is meticulously referenced in a most helpful format to encourage further reading on topics of interest. Case vignettes throughout keep the topics alive, as do the excellent illustrations. Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry will surely become a standard text for all psychiatric residency programs that are seeking to meet the cultural competency requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and should be an important addition to the library of every mental Health clinician."-PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES"Tseng's masterful book makes culture alive for the clinician through multiple case examples as well as significant basic information about the foundations of cultural psychiatry. It is a powerful tool for clinicians and psychiatric residents striving to achieve cultural competency in understanding and treating patients."—Armando Favazza, M.D.Professor and Associate ChairDepartment of PsychiatryUniversity of Missouri-Columbia"For more than several decades, Wen-Shing Tseng has been one of the world's foremost educators and scholars in cultural psychiatry. The encyclopedia scope of his expertise in cultural psychiatry was well demonstrated in a textbook on this subject published last year. Since the publication of that text, cultural competency has become an expected and in most mental health programs, a mandated standard in training and clinical care. Dr. Wen-Shing Tseng has responded to these recent new requirements by offering a more practical, updated version of his already classic Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry. The result, entitled the Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry is a must read for all clinicians and those in training in the mental health professions."—Edward F. Foulks, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Associated DeanTulane University School of Medicine"Dr. Tseng's excellent guide reaches us at a propitious time. The number of foreign-born residents in the United States has risen to its highest levels in the last half century. As access to psychiatric services has increased, people of all ethnic groups increasingly value psychiatricservices. And young clinicians reflect the growing diversity of our society. Cultural competence in clinical care is no longer an esoteric topic; it is the stuff of everyday clinical practice. This guideprovides the conceptual framework for practicing in a culturally competent manner. In addition, case studies and practical tips bring to life the skillful application of this knowledge and clinical methods."—Joseph Westermeyer, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota; and Chief of Psychiatry and Director of Mental Health Services, Minneapolis VAMC