How 'culture bound' is 'cultural psychiatry'?

摘要: Cultural psychiatry as a clinical specialty sprung mainly from Europe and North America, in order to respond growing concerns of ethnic minorities high-income countries. Academic psychiatrists pursuing comparative international studies on mental health, together with medical anthropologists conducting ethnographies, contributed its theoretical basis (Kleinman, 1987; Littlewood, 1990). What at first appeared be marginal is no longer so. For example, the UK alone has witnessed steady growth field, evidenced by mandatory inclusion health training curricula, existence several taught masters courses, academic positions universities three dedicated journals, well as, more recently, lead papers mainstream publications that have debated cultural position 'biology' itself (Timimi & Taylor, 2004). Additionally, proliferation jobs for 'ethnic minority' services hospital trusts across country, there ample scope employment. The overall evidence indicates 'cultural psychiatry' now own right.