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Problems Caused for Mental Health Professionals Worldwide by Increasing Multicultural Populations and Proposed Solutions
Author(s) -
Chiu Thomas L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1996.tb00295.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , diversification (marketing strategy) , mental health , sociocultural evolution , health professionals , population , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , health care , sociology , environmental health , political science , pedagogy , business , marketing , anthropology , law
Psychiatric disorders on a global scale, combined with rapid national population diversification, demand that mental health professionals worldwide become more informed about the realities of diagnosing and treating a multicultural patient population. Recommendations are offered to enable such professionals to most efficaciously diagnose and treat patients from diverse sociocultural backgrounds.