For decades, clinical psychologists have catalogued cultural group differences in symptom
presentation, assessment, and treatment outcomes. We know that ‘culture matters’ in mental …

This paper describes the developing area of cultural psychopathology, an interdisciplinary
field of study focusing on the ways in which cultural factors contribute to the experience and …

Section III of DSM-5 includes an alternative model for personality disorders comprising five
higher-order pathological personality traits, four of which resemble domains from the Big Five/…

Background: Recognizing and appropriately treating mental health problems among new
immigrants and refugees in primary care poses a challenge because of differences in …

… This research was conducted as part of Andrew G. Ryder's doctoral dissertation at the
University of British … Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Andrew G. …

The unidimensional model of acculturation posits that heritage and mainstream culture
identifications have a strong inverse relation, whereas the bidimensional model posits that the 2 …

OBJECTIVE: The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale has been the gold standard for the
assessment of depression for more than 40 years. Criticism of the instrument has been …

Highlights • Culture influences the prevalence, symptomatology and course of mental
disorders. • Ongoing shift from typifying ethnic groups to viewing culture in terms of ecosocial …

We argue that current acculturation research offers an incomplete picture of the psychological
changes taking place in contemporary multicultural societies. Several characteristics of the …

Mainland China has undergone profound changes dating back to the nineteenth century,
including a contemporary period of rapid modernization that began in the 1980s. The result …