title: The cultural consultant in mental health care: the case of an Arab adolescent.
abstract: Limited understanding by mental health providers of an immigrant's cultural background can lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. A case involving the psychiatric hospitalization of an adolescent from Iraq is described, as are the role of a cultural consultant in clarifying cultural issues and the positive consequences for diagnosis and treatment. Implications for the training and function of cultural consultants in mental health care are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell Medical College, Manhasset, N.Y.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Budman
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lipson
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Meleis
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014481:United States