Compiled by Francis Lu, MD, Co-Chair, Association for Academic Psychiatry Cultural Competence and Diversity Caucus
Meetings
8th Biennial National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: March 11-14, Oakland, CA
Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture Annual Meeting: May 3-5, Toronto
AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion Spring Meeting: May 15-18, Toronto
McGill University Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry Advanced Study Institute: June 3-5, Montreal
Diversity, Inclusion, Excellence, and the Law in Higher Education
Association of American Colleges and University
Diversity and Inclusive Excellence
American Association for the Advancement of Science with participation by the Association of American Universities
Handbook of Diversity and the Law: Navigating a Complex Landscape to Foster Greater Faculty and Student Diversity in Higher Education
LCME accreditation standards:
IS-16 on institutional policies and practices to achieve diversity among students, faculty, and staff
ED-19 on teaching communication skills with patients, families, colleagues and other health professionals
ED-21 on teaching cultural competence skills in the curriculum and students to be evaluated
ED-22 on addressing gender and cultural biases in medical students, others, and in the health system and teaching on demographic influences on health care quality and disparities in health care delivery
MS -8 on broadening the diversity of medical school applicants
MS-9 on admission, retention, and graduation of students with disabilities
MS-31 on no discrimination on the basis of age, creed, gender identity, national origin, race, sex, or sexual orientation
AAMC Resources
AAMC Diversity and Inclusion Home
AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion Resources
Every medical school should have an institutional GDI member.
AAMC Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
AAMC Holistic Review Project: Aligning Admissions to Mission
Psychiatry Residency/Fellowship Training: Model Curricula
AADPRT Model Curricula on Cultural Psychiatry
AACAP Curriculum
AGLP Curriculum
APA Ethnic Minority Elderly Curriculum
Websites on Cultural Competence in Mental Health and Health
Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity -- A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
HRSA Cultural Competence Section
SAMHSA National Center for Cultural Competence
SAMHSA National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health
DHHS Office of Minority Health
American Psychiatric Association’s Office of Minority and National Affairs
State of New York Nathan Kline Institute Center of Excellence in Culturally Competent Mental Health
State of New York Columbia University Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence
McGill University Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry
Disparities Solution Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
Joint Commission: Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care
Professional Organizations on Cultural Psychiatry
World Psychiatric Association--Transcultural Psychiatry Section (WPA-TPS)
Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC)
World Association for Cultural Psychiatry (WACP)
Journals
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
Transcultural Psychiatry (official journal of the WPA-TPS)
World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review (official journal of the WACP)
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
Special Journal Issues and Manuscripts on Cultural Psychiatry
Academic Psychiatry September 2008 special issue on cultural psychiatry contains articles on teaching at University of Toronto, Oregon Health and Sciences University, and McGill University.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics of North America. October 2010 special issue on culturally informed child and adolescent psychiatric practice; this issue contains manuscripts written by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Diversity and Culture Committee members and associates.
Alarcón RD, Becker AE, Lewis-Fernández R, Like RC, Desai P, Foulks E, Gonzales J, Hansen H, Kopelowicz A, Lu FG, Oquendo MA, Primm A; Cultural Psychiatry Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Issues for DSM V: The role of culture in psychiatric diagnosis. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Aug;197(8):559-660.
Harris TB, Mian A, Lomax JW, Scott-Gurnell K, Sargent AJ, Phillips JL, Mao AR, Thompson B, Searle N, Folensbee-Eddins F, Andrews LB, Primm AB, Coverdale J, The Texas Regional Psychiatry Minority Mentor Network: A Regional Effort To Increase Psychiatry’s Diversity Workforce. Acad Psychiatry 2012 Jan 1;36(1)60-3.
DVDs
APA: “Real Doctors in Action” DVD on 4 minority psychiatrists
Mental Health Association of California: 2 DVD on stigma of mental illness in Asian Americans and Latinos - Saving Face: Recognizing and Managing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Asian Americans - video and ¡No soy Loco! / I'm Not Crazy! Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness in Latinos - video
“Culture of Emotions” on DSM-IV Outline for Cultural Formulation
Integrated Care with Cultural/Linguistic Competence
ACA is pushing for integrated care at FQHCs; integrated care as a way to reduce mental health disparities among ethnic minorities and other underserved groups
American Psychiatric Association
California Initiatives in Integrated Care:
http://www.ibhp.org/
http://www.cimh.org/Initiatives/Primary-Care-BH-Integration.aspx
SAMHSA
HHS Office on Minority Health (OMH)
Asian Americans (OMH)
African Americans (OMH)
Hogg Foundation on Culturally Competent Integrated Care
Interpersonal and Communication Issues in Health and Mental Health Care
National Health Law Program: Language Access
Institute of Medicine: Health Literacy
Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary (2009)
Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (2004)
U.S. Dept. of Justice. A Guide to Disability Rights Law
American Federation for the Blind
Disability Rights Resources for People with Vision Loss
ADA Checklist: Health Care Facilities and Service Providers; Ensuring Access to Services and Facilities by Patients Who Are Blind, Deaf-Blind, or Visually Impaired
National Association of the Deaf
Health Care and Mental Health Services
Civil Rights