Cultural Adaptation of Scalable Psychological Interventions : A New Conceptual Framework

Abstract: Background: The worldwide mental health treatment gap calls for scaling-up psychological interventions, which requires effective implementation in diverse cultural settings. Evidence from the field of global mental health and cultural clinical psychology indicates cultural variation in how symptoms of common mental disorders are expressed, and how culturally diverse groups explain the emergence of such symptoms. An increasing number of studies have examined to what extent cultural adaptation enhances the acceptability and effectiveness of psychological interventions among culturally diverse groups. To date, this evidence is inconclusive, and there is a lack of studies that dismantle the multiple types of modifications involved in cultural adaptation. Method: Based on empirical evidence from ethnopsychological studies, cultural adaptation research, and psychotherapy research, the present paper offers a new conceptual framework for cultural adaptation that lays the groundwork for fut.... https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2555

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Cultural Adaptation of Scalable Psychological Interventions ; volume:1 ; number:4 ; day:17 ; month:12 ; year:2019 ; Clinical psychology in Europe ; 1, Heft 4 (17.12.2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Eva Heim ; Brandon A. Kohrt

Further information

• DOI: 10.32872/cpe.v1i4.37679
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101416060537390304
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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