Cultural Competence in Mental Health Treatment: Understanding and Addressing Diverse Cultural Backgrounds-View Presentation Slides

View Presentation Slides

Pdf Summary

The document is a detailed outline of a webinar hosted by the American Psychiatric Association on June 16, 2023. The webinar focuses on the importance of cultural competence in mental health treatment and understanding diverse cultural backgrounds. It offers continuing education credits for physicians, psychologists, and social workers. The presentation includes downloadable slides and captioning options for participants.<br /><br />Key learning objectives include understanding culture and cultural identity, assessing the impact of these factors on mental health treatment, and employing strategies to establish culturally competent therapeutic relationships. The agenda covers definitions of culture and cultural identity, evidence-based practices, various cultural assessment tools, and strategies to overcome challenges in providing culturally competent care.<br /><br />The webinar emphasizes the significance of cultural competence, defined as the effective interaction with people of different cultures. The competencies of multicultural care involve awareness of one's biases, knowledge of diverse worldviews, and skills to develop culturally appropriate interventions. Cultural assessment tools and evidence-based practices like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing are highlighted as integral to culturally competent treatment.<br /><br />In discussing the barriers to treatment, the text refers to underutilization of mental health services due to cultural and class-bound values, language barriers, microaggressions, and misinterpretations arising from provider bias. Cultural competence and humility are promoted as ways to enhance therapeutic relationships by mitigating these barriers.<br /><br />The document also addresses the role of trauma, particularly race-based traumatic stress affecting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and stresses the need for a trauma-informed response that considers the social and cultural context of traumatic events. The webinar ends by directing participants on how to claim their credits, featuring upcoming related webinars, and providing resources for further consultation through the SMI Adviser platform.

Keywords

cultural competence

mental health

diverse backgrounds

continuing education

cultural identity

evidence-based practices

cultural assessment tools

trauma-informed care

BIPOC

American Psychiatric Association