Cultural Variations in Psychopathology

"[This book] is a must have for any researcher, clinician, student or therapist working with ethnically diverse populations or with an interest in the way cultural differences can affect their practice and study. ... Touching upon everything from research, the DSM, specific disorders, psychotherapy, and treatment plans, this book provides a wide array of information contributing to an increasing push towards "cultural competence" within all fields of psychology." Jazmine Russell, New York University, in the International Journal of Psychotherapy, 2013 "This is a remarkable book, indispensable for those willing to understand mental health in a broad and global way - which is mandatory in our time of mobility and migration. The world may be getting smaller, but deeper layers of it unravel every day - and this book is here to prove it." Julio Xerfan, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 59, 2013 "There is probably no topic more significant for our time than understanding psychopathology from a cultural perspective. ... The strength of [this book] is its presentation of a variety of viewpoints, bringing attention to the need for a better understanding of the multiple influences on psychopathology." Dr. Paul Leung, Professor at the University of North Texas and practicing rehabilitation psychologist, in PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58, 2013 "This is a book every cultural psychiatrist should read. It covers almost the complete field of cultural psychiatry [...] All chapters are well documented and well written [...]." Hans Rohlof, M.D., Psychiatrist, Chair Section Transcultural Psychiatry - World Psychiatric Association, in the Section Newsletter, Vol. 7, December 2012