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Teaching Transcultural Psychiatry

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The ethnic diversity of patients in most training centers requires that attention be given to cultural issues affecting the psychiatric presentation and treatment of patients from different backgrounds. This paper describes programs in transcultural psychiatry for medical students, residents, and fellows that have been implemented and refined at UCLA over the past six years. Suggestions are offered for the development of such programs elsewhere.

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  1. department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, School of Medicine, the UCLA Neuropsychiatrie Institute, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    Joel Yager M.D. (professor and director of residency education),  Christine Chang M.D. (assistant clinical professor) &  Marvin Karno M.D. (professor in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences)

  2. West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center (Brentwood Division), USA

    Joel Yager M.D. (professor and director of residency education),  Christine Chang M.D. (assistant clinical professor) &  Marvin Karno M.D. (professor in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences)

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Yager, J., Chang, C. & Karno, M. Teaching Transcultural Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry 13, 164–171 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341280

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