Overview of Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Services

About the Course

The purpose of this article is to heighten mental health professionals awareness for respect and understanding of ethnic and racial groups unique mental health needs.

Note The material for this course covers pages 80-92 of the report

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Overview of Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Services created by Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

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Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

1. to appreciate how miority groups may differ in economic, social and political ways that impact on mental health services
2. to understand how cultural differences can be reflected in styles of coping with day-to-day problems
3. to identify how family and community may be accessed in different ways depending upon cultural tradition
4. to explore mental health use of services by culturally different groups
5. to identify barriers to treatment for different cultural groups

Availability

This course is available starting Oct 9th, 2003 and expires Oct 30th, 2019