This paper in Transcultural Psychiatry states that global mental health (GMH) research “appears to be using a monocultural model that is individualistic, illness-oriented, and focused on intrapsychic processes. Ironically, issues of culture are prominently absent in many discussions of global mental health. This paper highlights some issues and concerns considered key to conducting ecologically valid and socially responsible GMH research. The concerns are particularly directed at researchers from dominant cultures who are working in low-income countries.”
Fernando, G. “The Roads Less Traveled: Mapping Some Pathways on the Global Mental Health Research Roadmap.” Transcultural Psychiatry, online June 21, 2012
