International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom

Journal ISSN: 17542863, 17542871

Publisher: Routledge

History: 2010-2018

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Scope/Description:

This title has ceased 2018. This important peerreview journal provides an innovative forum both international and multidisciplinary for addressing crosscultural issues and mental health. Culture as it comes to bear on mental health is a rapidly expanding area of inquiry and research within psychiatry and psychology and other related fields such as social work with important implications for practice in the global context. The journal is an essential resource for health care professionals working in the field of crosscultural mental health.Readership includes psychiatrists psychologists medical anthropologists medical sociologists psychiatric nurses and social workers general practitioners and other mental health professionals interested in the area. The International Journal of Culture and Mental Health publishes original empirical research review papers and theoretical articles in the fields of crosscultural psychiatry and psychology. Contributions from the fields of medical anthropology and medical sociology are particularly welcome. A continuing dialogue between members of various disciplines in various fields is encouraged. The aim of the journal is to encourage its readers to think about various issues which have clouded crosscultural development of ideas. The journal lays special emphasis on developing further links between medical anthropology medical sociology clinical psychiatry and psychology and implications of the findings on service provisions. The journal is published four times a year. The style of reference is Harvard. All research articles in this journal including those in special issues special sections or supplements have undergone rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.