A resident's experience in cross cultural/community psychiatry.
This report examines a psychiatric resident's consultation experience in a community psychiatry rotation serving South Asian women victims of intimate partner violence. It explores experiences related to negotiating and developing a partnership between culturally specific domestic violence services and community mental health services. It also discusses the resident's progression from consultant to administrator and ultimately to the rotation's termination.
Krishnan
Brinda S
BS
Public Psychiatry Training Program, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, UHN-80T, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA. krishnan@ohsu.edu
Cutler
David L
DL
D000328:Adult; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016387:Women's Health