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View article: A critical review of the evolution and interrelation of traumatic stress disorders
A critical review of the evolution and interrelation of traumatic stress disorders Open
Trauma is a complex and often contentious psychopathological construct. The term trauma has become ubiquitous within mental health literature and practice. It is often used interchangeably to describe the etiology and the reaction to it. I…
View article: Psychology and humanistic anthropology in understanding the partition of South Asia
Psychology and humanistic anthropology in understanding the partition of South Asia Open
Anthropologists in post‐colonial societies have proposed subjectivity as a theory to link national political processes with everyday psychological experiences. The Partition of British India in 1947 led to mass violence that has affected m…
View article: Questions About Field Site, Method, and Clinical Translation for Psychiatric Anthropology
Questions About Field Site, Method, and Clinical Translation for Psychiatric Anthropology Open
View article: Urine Complement Factor Ba Identifies Persistent Acute Kidney Injury and Organ Failures in Critically Ill Adults
Urine Complement Factor Ba Identifies Persistent Acute Kidney Injury and Organ Failures in Critically Ill Adults Open
Urine Ba is increased in patients with severe AKI and discriminates between patients who have AKI recovery and patients who develop persistent AKI. A doubling of urine Ba was associated with a 6.6-fold increased odds of persistent AKI. Fut…
View article: Intensive Home Treatment—Clinical and Methodological Issues
Intensive Home Treatment—Clinical and Methodological Issues Open
View article: Pharmaceuticalization and Care Coordination in New York City Outpatient Mental Health
Pharmaceuticalization and Care Coordination in New York City Outpatient Mental Health Open
US government quality measures prioritize pharmaceuticalization and care coordination to promote patient treatment adherence. How these measures affect outpatient mental health service delivery and patient-provider communication where psyc…
View article: Patient identity narratives through the cultural formulation interview in a New York City outpatient clinic
Patient identity narratives through the cultural formulation interview in a New York City outpatient clinic Open
Anthropologists have critiqued cultural competence programs in medical settings while introducing mental health clinicians to social theories on culture for practice. We explore how patients articulated narratives about themselves and how …
View article: Editorial: Combatting the Intergenerational Trauma of Structural Racism Through Practice, Policy, and Research
Editorial: Combatting the Intergenerational Trauma of Structural Racism Through Practice, Policy, and Research Open
View article: Eliciting social stressors, supports, and determinants of health through the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview
Eliciting social stressors, supports, and determinants of health through the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview Open
Objective As recognition of the importance of social determinants of mental health has increased, the limitations of clinical competence-enhancing interventions that do not emphasize this approach have emerged. The Cultural Formulation Int…
View article: The Evolving Culture Concept in Psychiatric Cultural Formulation: Implications for Anthropological Theory and Psychiatric Practice
The Evolving Culture Concept in Psychiatric Cultural Formulation: Implications for Anthropological Theory and Psychiatric Practice Open
View article: Real-world use of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in outpatients with COVID-19 during the era of omicron variants including BA.4 and BA.5 in Colorado, USA: a retrospective cohort study
Real-world use of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in outpatients with COVID-19 during the era of omicron variants including BA.4 and BA.5 in Colorado, USA: a retrospective cohort study Open
View article: Real-world Use of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir in COVID-19 Outpatients During the Emergence of Omicron Variants BA.2/BA2.12.1
Real-world Use of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir in COVID-19 Outpatients During the Emergence of Omicron Variants BA.2/BA2.12.1 Open
Background Ritonavir-boosted Nirmatrelvir (NMV-r), a protease inhibitor with in vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2, has been shown to reduce risk of progression to severe COVID-19 among high-risk individuals during the Delta-variant phase. …
View article: Change in Effectiveness of Sotrovimab for Preventing Hospitalization and Mortality in COVID-19 Outpatients During the Omicron Phase
Change in Effectiveness of Sotrovimab for Preventing Hospitalization and Mortality in COVID-19 Outpatients During the Omicron Phase Open
Background Sotrovimab, a neutralizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment authorized for early symptomatic COVID-19 patients, was effective in preventing the progression of severe disease and mortality following SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in…
View article: Real World Evidence of the Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody Sotrovimab for Preventing Hospitalization and Mortality in COVID-19 Outpatients
Real World Evidence of the Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody Sotrovimab for Preventing Hospitalization and Mortality in COVID-19 Outpatients Open
Background It is not known whether sotrovimab, a neutralizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment authorized for early symptomatic COVID-19 patients, is effective against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant to prevent progression to severe diseas…
View article: The Legacy of James McCune Smith, MD—The First US Black Physician
The Legacy of James McCune Smith, MD—The First US Black Physician Open
This Arts and Medicine feature surveys the life and scholarship of James McCune Smith, MD, a 19th-century New York physician who cared for poor individuals, debunked pseudoscience justifying racism, and published broadly in medicine and pu…
View article: Implementing the Cultural Formulation Interview in a Community Clinic to Improve Appointment Retention: A Pilot Study
Implementing the Cultural Formulation Interview in a Community Clinic to Improve Appointment Retention: A Pilot Study Open
Despite consensus that clinicians should receive cultural competence training to reduce mental health disparities among racial-ethnic minority groups, few studies have evaluated training in community settings. This column delineates implem…
View article: Reporting Grantee Demographics for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience
Reporting Grantee Demographics for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Open
Professional neuroscience organizations have recently pledged their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion in examining institutional discrimination; to raise questions about how to train underrepresented scientists; and to recrui…
View article: Update on the Cultural Formulation Interview
Update on the Cultural Formulation Interview Open
This article reviews the clinical and research literature on the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) since its publication in DSM-5. The CFI is an interview protocol designed to be used by clinicians in any setting to gather essent…
View article: An Introduction to the Cultural Formulation Interview
An Introduction to the Cultural Formulation Interview Open
(Reprinted from Focus 2015; 13:426-431).
View article: Towards an Islamic Neuropsychiatry
Towards an Islamic Neuropsychiatry Open
This chapter presents original translations on the classification and symptom manifestations of neuropsychiatric disorders from Abūl-Hasan 'Alī ibn Sahl at-Tabarī's Arabic text Firdaus al-Hikma (The Paradise of Wisdom), the first original …
View article: Patient and clinician communication practices during the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview field trial
Patient and clinician communication practices during the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview field trial Open
Cultural psychiatrists and medical anthropologists have collaborated to help clinicians screen for culture-related issues in patient explanatory models of illness and to enhance the clinical processes of engagement, diagnosis, and treatmen…
View article: Protecting Health Rights of Migrant Minors in Violent Settings
Protecting Health Rights of Migrant Minors in Violent Settings Open
* Abbreviations:
AAP — : American Academy of Pediatrics
DHS — : Department of Homeland Security
IPA — : International Pediatrics Association
NGO — : nongovernmental organization
SDG — : S…
View article: Caring for Families Separated by Changing Immigration Policies and Enforcement: A Cultural Psychiatry Perspective
Caring for Families Separated by Changing Immigration Policies and Enforcement: A Cultural Psychiatry Perspective Open
Recent changes in U.S. immigration policies and enforcement have precipitated a 300% rise in arrests and planned deportations. Although some family members face deportation, other family members may have state-sanctioned status. Such mixed…
View article: An Online Training Module on the Cultural Formulation Interview: The Case of New York State
An Online Training Module on the Cultural Formulation Interview: The Case of New York State Open
Professional organizations and government guidelines recommend cultural competence training for providers, but the lack of a standardized cultural assessment has hindered research. Studies with the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI…
View article: Bivens, the Judgment Bar, and the Perils of Dynamic Textualism
Bivens, the Judgment Bar, and the Perils of Dynamic Textualism Open
View article: Adoption of the National CLAS Standards by State Mental Health Agencies: A Nationwide Policy Analysis
Adoption of the National CLAS Standards by State Mental Health Agencies: A Nationwide Policy Analysis Open
Most states do not have policies that meet all CLAS standards, raising questions about how CLAS standards should be adopted.
View article: Feasibility, acceptability and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: Mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial
Feasibility, acceptability and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: Mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial Open
Background There is a need for clinical tools to identify cultural issues in diagnostic assessment. Aims To assess the feasibility, acceptability and clinical utility of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in routine clinical pr…
View article: The role of cultural psychiatry in improving the policy response to Central America’s unaccompanied minors at the American border: local and global implications
The role of cultural psychiatry in improving the policy response to Central America’s unaccompanied minors at the American border: local and global implications Open
Since 2014, children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras unaccompanied by their parents have fled in large numbers to the United States to escape violent crime and social disadvantage. Current mental health policies in the U.S. gover…
View article: Has the Time Come for a Cultural Psychiatry Fellowship in the USA?
Has the Time Come for a Cultural Psychiatry Fellowship in the USA? Open
View article: The meanings of cultural competence in mental health: an exploratory focus group study with patients, clinicians, and administrators
The meanings of cultural competence in mental health: an exploratory focus group study with patients, clinicians, and administrators Open
Cultural competence training is mandatory in the United States of America to alleviate minority health disparities though few studies have examined perceptions across stakeholders. We conducted separate focus groups with patients, clinicia…