PSYT 711 — Cultural Psychiatry

Topics covered: cross-national epidemiological and ethnographic research of major and minor psychiatric disorders; culture-bound syndromes and idioms of distress; culture, emotion and social interaction; psychological and symbolic healing; mental health of immigrants and refugees; psychiatric theory and practice as cultural constructions; methods of cross-cultural research.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Graduate Studies
• Department: Psychiatry
• Prerequisites: Knowledge of psychiatry and anthropology