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A roadmap for cultural responsiveness in psychiatry

A blueprint for 'cultural responsiveness' in psychiatry

A framework for cultural responsiveness, based on a critical review of evidence across seven domains, is proposed to guide psychiatric education, policy, and clinical practice.

The study aims to provide a framework for achieving cultural responsiveness in psychiatry in a globalized and increasingly complex world. The method involved a critical review of evidence across seven domains. The domains addressed include: the cultural ontology of suffering and mental illness within cultural psychiatry, medical and psychological anthropology, cultural psychology, and ethno-epidemiology, alongside the use of appropriate assessment frameworks such as the Cultural Formulation Interview; life-course approaches that recognize the interaction between culture and the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences, and their implications for perinatal, infant, child, adolescent, and geriatric psychiatry; and the intersectionality of ethnicity, gender, culture, and the life course, including intersectional approaches to issues such as gender-based violence. Additional domains examined include cultural neuroscience and the avoidance of iatrogenic harm in the context of ethnopsychopharmacology and genetic polymorphisms; global mental health, scaling up, task sharing, stepped care, and rights-based care in response to the high burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries; culturally appropriate trauma-focused therapies in the context of syndemics, violence, and disasters; and local cultural capital through the adaptation of psychotherapies and recognition of the role of Indigenous, traditional, religious, and spiritual healing practices. In conclusion, the study presents an evidence-based framework for education, policy, and clinical practice in culturally responsive psychiatry, arguing that clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and educators can use this framework to improve mental health outcomes for all.

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