Cultural Formulation: A Reader for Psychiatric Diagnosis

by Juan E. Mezzich

The publication of the Cultural Formulation Outline in the DSM-IV represented a significant event in the history of standard diagnostic systems. It was the first systematic attempt at placing cultural and contextual factors as an integral component of the diagnostic process. The year was 1994 and its coming was ripe since the multicultural explosion due to migration, refugees and globalization impact on the ethnic composition of the U.S. population...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765704897
• ISBN13: 9780765704894
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"