Anne Emmerich, MD, Ariel Otero, MD, Ranna Parekh, MD, and Estee Sharon, PsyD
Chapter 2. The Engagement Interview Protocol (EIP): Improving the Acceptance of Mental Health Treatment among Culturally Diverse Populations
Nhi-Ha Trinh M.D., M.P.H., Trina Chang M.D., M.P.H., and Albert Yeung M.D., ScD
Chapter 3. Cultural and Diversity Issues in Mediation and Negotiation
David A. Hoffman, Esq. and Katherine Triantafillou, Esq.
Chapter 4. Providing Medical Care to Diverse Populations
Deborah Washington, PhD, RNa and Robert Doyle, MA, DDS, MD
Chapter 5. Cultivating Courage, Compassion, and Cultural Sensitivity in News Reporting of Mental Health During Challenging Times
Linda R. Zucker B.A., M.B.A., J.D.
Chapter 6. Illegal, Alien, and Other: Cultural Competency and Migration
Schuyler W. Henderson, MD MPH
Part II. Specific Populations
Chapter 7. Psychiatry for People of African Descent in the USA
Carl Bell M.D. and Christine M. Crawford M.D., M.P.H.
Chapter 8. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health
Joseph E. Trimble Ph.D., Jeff King Ph.D. D, Teresa D. LaFromboise Ph.D., and Dolores Subia BigFoot Ph.D.
Chapter 9. Mental Health of Arab Americans: Cultural Considerations for Excellence of Care
Imad Melhem M.D.,1 Zeina Chemali M.D., M.P.H., and Ashlee Wolfgang PsyD
Chapter 10. An Approach to Mental Health in Asian Americans
Shirin Ali, MD
Chapter 11. Cultural Sensitivity: What Should We Understand About Latinos?
Aida L. Jiménez Ph.D., Margarita Alegría Ph.D., Richard F. Camino-Gaztambide M.D., Lazaro V. Zayas M.D., and Maria Jose Lisotto M.D.
Chapter 12. Not by Convention: Working with People on the Sexual and Gender Continuum
Jeremy A. Wernick, L.M.S.W., Samantha M. Busa, Psy.D., Aron Janssen M.D., and Karen Ron-Li Liaw M.D.
Chapter 13. Understanding the Mental Health of Refugees: Trauma, Stress, and the Cultural Context
B. Heidi Ellis Ph.D., Jeffrey P. Winer, Ph.D., Kate Murray Ph.D., M.P.H., and Colleen Barrett M.P.H.
Ranna Parekh, MD, MPH Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School 1423 N. Rhodes Street Unit 301 Arlington, VA 22209
Nhi-Ha Trinh, MD, MPH Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School MGH Depression Clinical and Research Program (MGH DCRP) One Bowdoin Square, Sixth floor Boston, MA 02114
This edition is updated to include new research and clinical material for practitioners working with mental health patients of diverse backgrounds. Written by experts in cultural sensitivity, the text begins by establishing innovative approaches to understanding diversity, tools for diversity educational training for health care providers, clinical interviewing techniques and effective strategies in having difficult conversations. Indirect approaches to understanding diversity and mental health come from unique chapters that range from the ways that journalists process and discuss mental health competency to the business model for cultural competency in health care.
The second section of the book moves from the broader subjects to the needs of specific populations, including Native Americans, Latinos, Asians, African American, Middle Eastern, Refugee and LGBQT communities. The discussion includes understanding the complexities of making mental health diagnoses and the various meanings these diagnoses have for the socio-cultural group described. Each chapter also details biopsychosocial treatment options and challenges.
The Massachusetts General Hospital Textbook on Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health, Second Edition, is an excellent resource for all clinicians working with diverse populations, including psychiatrists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, early career physicians and trainees, psychologists, nurses, social workers, researchers, and medical educators.