Clinical and diagnostic challenges in the Assessment and treatment of culturally diverse patients: an internationale perspective

Subjects taught:

• Theoretical foundations of Transcultural psychology and Psychiatry (ref.models: R. Terranova, L. Kirmayer, W.S. Tseng etc)
• Cultural “Id” and Theories of the Self
• The Bio-Psycho-Social- Cultural Model: the “state of the art” in the scientific literature
• Adjustment process and Adjustment Disorder in migration fluxes
• The Construction of the Transcultural Setting and the “patient-treater model”
• Culture and Psychopathology
• The Transcultural Clinical Consultation : comparative approaches
• Theory and Praxis of Transcultural Psychotherapy
• Integrative Models of Therapy (DBT, CBT, Psychodynamic , Psycho-educational)
• Evidence-based therapies
• Globalization and personality disorders: epidemiological data and clinical considerations
• The DSM IV TR Cultural Formulation: the state of the art in the scientific literature

Site: Post Graduate School of Specialization in Transcultural Psycotherapy, Istituto Transculturale per la Salute-Fondazione Cecchini Pace, Milan