PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Transcultural Psychiatry, Intercultural Competence, Health Promotion
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Reading - feb 12 culture in practice. In culturally diverse societies: dominant culture is expressed through social institutions (health care system) and regulates what sorts of problems are recognized and what kinds of social or cultural differences are viewed as worthy of attention. Institutions and services level providing mental health services in community settings to reduce the stigma attached to psychiatric institutions. Level of practitioner might be achieved through ethnic matching of health care provider and patient. Technique clinicians may modify their mode of interaction with patients, develop culturally adapted interventions, or offer patients interventions drawn from their own cultural traditions: limitations and benefits: Conclusion: cultural competence has been dominated by work in the us, which configures cultural difference in specific ways that reflect its history, demography, and politics. In new zealand, cultural safety has been promoted as a term that draws attention to issues of power and vulnerability resulting from the history of colonization.