Call for Papers for new section: Clinical Case Studies in Cultural Psychiatrytranscultural psychiatry is a fully peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles on cultural psychiatry and mental health. transcultural psychiatry provides a channel of communication for psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, and social scientists concerned with the social and cultural determinants of psychopathology and psychosocial treatments of mental and behavioural problems in individuals, families and communities
"Bridging the disciplines, transcultural psychiatry is devoted to an encyclopedic examination of the relationship between culture and psychiatry. Theoretically and geographically comprehensive, it makes indispensable reading for everyone interested in mental health." Margaret Lock, McGill University, Montreal
"The oldest and still one of the most authoritative and important scholarly and professional resources in the study of cross-cultural psychopathology and psychotherapy... Essential reading for clinicians, researchers, and students." Anthony J. Marsella, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
"Many of us have come to rely on the thoughtful and thorough reviews of key topics and critical issues we have come to expect from the journal." Mitchell Weiss, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
"It goes without saying that for scholars and practitioners interested in the interface between psychiatry and culture transcultural psychiatry is an invaluable source of information and insights." Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
"The leading forum for international discussion and debate on the place of culture in psychiatry... A lively and truly global venue for psychiatric debate." Nick Haslam, New School for Social Research, New York
"The oldest and still the most prestigious journal in the field." Wolfgang Jilek, World Psychiatric Association
Over 40 Years of Distinguished Research
First published in 1956 as Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, transcultural psychiatry is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed scientific journal for psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, and social scientists around the world concerned with the relationship between culture and mental health. The journal is committed to the most comprehensive coverage of the social and cultural determinants of psychopathology and psychosocial treatments of the range of mental and behavioural problems in individuals, families and communities.
Why Transcultural Psychiatry?
transcultural psychiatry publishes original research reports and comprehensive reviews relevant to cultural psychiatry and mental health including: social and cultural factors in the origins, course and treatment of psychiatric disorders · mental health of indigenous peoples, ethnocultural minorities, immigrants and refugees · ethnopsychiatry · cultural critique of biomedical psychiatric theory and practice · international and cross-national research and practice in mental health.
Regular Features
Published quarterly, each issue of transcultural psychiatry provides readers with an array of features ensuring the broadest possible coverage, including: Original research · Clinical reports · Comprehensive literature reviews · Symposia · Continuing commentary · Review essays · Book reviews · Letters to the editor · Announcements.
Multidisciplinary
transcultural psychiatry draws on clinical psychiatric research methods as well as the disciplines of psychiatric epidemiology, medical anthropology and cross-cultural psychology. Still the most comprehensive and eclectic journal in the field, it is an essential channel of communication for clinicians working in multicultural or intercultural settings and for research workers in the borderlands between psychiatry, psychology and anthropology.
Thematic Issues
transcultural psychiatry occasionally publishes thematic issues. Previously published and forthcoming thematic issues include: Neurasthenia and Fatigue Syndromes; Psychiatry in Africa; Racism and Psychiatry; Refugees, Trauma and PTSD; The Vulnerable Male; Trance and Possession Disorders in DSM-IV; Culture and Suicide; Globalization and its Discontents; Research Methods; Narrative Therapy; Culture and Personality Disorders; New Approaches to Culture-Bound Syndromes; The Place of Culture in DSM-IV; Culture and Psychiatric Ethics
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Electronic Access:
Transcultural Psychiatry is available electronically on SAGE Journals Online at http://tps.sagepub.com
SAGE Full-Text Collections
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