Towards cultural democracy in mental health: The case of the Mexican-American

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  • Manual Ramirez III

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.30849/rip/ijp.v6i1%20&%202.629

Résumé

Mental health institutions and personnel in general have been insensitive to cultural differences. Cultural differences have been given little consideration in development of personality theories, psy­chotherapeutic strategies, and psychological tests. An outstanding example of this appeared in the Los Angeles Times a few months ago. A Chinese-American man was committed to a state hospital in California, and was kept there for ten years simply because no one of the staff could speak his Chinese dialect!

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Publiée

2017-07-18

Comment citer

Ramirez III, M. (2017). Towards cultural democracy in mental health: The case of the Mexican-American. Revista Interamericana De Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 6(1 & 2). https://doi.org/10.30849/rip/ijp.v6i1 & 2.629