What is it about?
Patients regularly hold their own perspectives of illness. Yet having a perspective that differs from clinical knowledge can compromise culturally competent care. This article appeals to philosophy to resolve this issue and improve cultural competence in mental health.
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Why is it important?
This article argues that improving cross-cultural understanding in mental health is critical for cultural competence and mental health practice more generally.
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We direct this article to the broader mental health community and hope it highlights the importance of philosophy to clinical practice
Jonathan Yahalom
University of California Los Angeles
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This page is a summary of: Cultural pragmatism: In search of alternative thinking about cultural competence in mental health., Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, June 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/teo0000230.
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