Cultural Formulation - A Reader for Psychiatric Diagnosis (Hardcover)

The publication of the Cultural Formulation Outline in the DSM-IV represented a significant event in the history of standard diagnostic systems. It was the first systematic attempt at placing cultural and contextual factors as an integral component of the diagnostic process. The year was 1994 and its coming was ripe since the multicultural explosion due to migration, refugees and globalization impact on the ethnic composition of the U.S. population made it compelling to strive for culturally attuned psychiatric care. Understanding the limitations of a dry symptomatological approach in helping clinicians grasp the intricacies of the experience, presentation and course of mental illness, the NIMH Group on Culture and Diagnosis proposed to appraise, in close collaboration with the patient, the cultural framework of patients' identity, illness experience, contextual factors, and clinician-patient relationship, and to narrate this along the lines of five major domains. By articulating the patient's experience and the standard symptomatological description of a case, the clinician may be better able to arrive at a more useful understanding of the case for clinical care purposes. Furthermore, attending to the context of the illness and the person of the patient may additionally enhance understanding of the case and enrich the data base from which effective treatment can be planned.

General

Imprint:	Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	December 2007
Editors:	Juan E. Mezzich • Giovanni Caracci
Contributors:	L J. Kirmayer • A Kleinman • Horacio Fabrega • D L. Parron • Byron J. Good • K M. Lin • S M. Manson • Kavin O. Browne
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-0-7657-0489-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Psychological methodology > Psychological testing & measurement
LSN:	0-7657-0489-7
Barcode:	9780765704894

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