Jose F. Vasquez – Advance Your Cultural Competency in the Clinical Setting: DSM-5® Guidelines, Ethical Standards and Multicultural Awareness

Outline

DSM- 5®: New Guidelines for the Integration of Cultural Competencies

• Cross-cultural variations in presentations
• Cultural concepts of distress
• Assessments and diagnostic protocols
• DSM-5® cultural formulation
• Cultural factors influencing clients’ perspectives of their symptoms and treatment options
• Cultural genogram with families

Culture and Ethnicity in the United States

• Populations: African American, Euro-American, Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders; Hispanic/Latino
• Multi-ethnic families: diversity within diversity
• Complexity of identity within groups; subcategories of larger communities
• Multi-ethnic identity; gender and ethnic identity
• Trends in locale specific migration patterns, variation and mental health needs

Cultural Competencies in Mental Health

• Mindfulness-based approach to cultural competence
• Acknowledge cultural differences: terms of reference, racism, stereotypes
• Understand your own culture(s) and ethnic influences
• The Fabric of rapport
  • Make cultural connections
  • Acquire knowledge & skills
  • View behavior within a cultural context

Ethics, Competence & Professional Practice Issues

• Ethical standards for culturally competent practice
• Strategies for responding to the spectrum of professional practice and boundaries
• Micro-aggressions in everyday life and the clinical setting

Language and Religious Considerations

• Work with limited English proficiency and bi/multilingual clients
• Make the most of translation services
• Intersection of religion and culture
• Religious experience, counseling and mental health

Interventions and Therapeutic Concerns Across Cultures

• Engaging identities; transference and counter transference issues
• Medications; use and belief systems
• Tips for working with traditional practitioners & natural healers
• Guidelines for working with specific groups
• Innovative group therapies
• Culture-based positive psychology & resilience strategies
• Historical trauma and grief assessment
• Integrate cultural interventions into substance abuse programs
• Modify evidence- based practices & identify best practices
• Case studies and examples