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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMezzich and Caracci certainly deserve immense admiration for willingly straying into territories where biological determinists and nosological pedants normally hunt.... A revolutionary book cloaked in establishmentarian language. * PsycCRITIQUES, April 2009, Vol 54 *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction Part 2 Historical and Conceptual Background of the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 3 Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Cultural Perspective Chapter 4 The Cultural Context of Diagnosis and Therapy: A View From Medical Anthropology Chapter 5 Help-Seeking Pathways: A Unifying Concept in Mental Health Care Chapter 6 On Illness Meaning and Clinical Interpretation: Not "Rational Man" but a Rational Approach to Man the Sufferer / Man the Healer Chapter 7 On Culturally Enhancing the DSM-IV Multiaxial Formulation Chapter 8 Cultural Comments on Multiaxial Issues Part 9 Development and Characteristics of the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 10 Cultural Formulation: Development and Critical Review Chapter 11 Cultural Formulation of Psychiatric Diagnosis Chapter 12 Cultural Formulation and Comprehensive Diagnosis Chapter 13 Issues in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Culturally Diverse Individuals Part 14 Reflections and Prospects on the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 15 Framing Research on Culture in Psychiatric Diagnosis: The Case of DSM-IV Chapter 16 The Place of Culture in DSM-IV Chapter 17 Using the DSM-IV Cultural Formulation to Teach Psychodynamics Chapter 18 Introducing the Cultural Formulation to Mental Health Care in Stockholm, Sweden Chapter 19 The Cultural Interview in the Netherlands: The Cultural Formulation in Your Pocket Part 20 Clinical Case Illustrations on the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 21 Psychosis Following Qi-Gong in a Chinese Immigrant Chapter 22 Diagnosis and Treatment of Nervios and Ataques in a Female Puerto Rican Migrant Chapter 23 Treatment of an Indian Woman with Major Depression by a Latina Therapist: Cultural Formulation Chapter 24 Cultural Formulation: Depression and BAck Pain in a Young Male Turkish Immigrant in Basel, Switzerland Chapter 25 Cultural Formulation Psychiatric Diagnoses: Disturbance of Mental and Spiritual Balance in a Javanese Woman
