This is Session 1 of our Cultural Formulation Interview Series. The page for the series can be found by clicking here.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MT / 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT
Session 1: The Value of Person-Centered Cultural Assessment in Clinical Practice (November 10, 2022)
This presentation will describe the role of culture in the experience of and presentation of mental health problems by individuals seeking care and in assessments and treatments offered by providers. The value of a person-centered cultural assessment will be presented, focusing on cultural concepts of distress, social determinants of mental health, and treatment planning and engagement. The Cultural Formulation Interview will be introduced, a standardized method for person-centered assessment that appeared in DSM-5.
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the role of culture in every aspect of mental health, including among individuals seeking care as well as providers.
2. Discuss the value of a person-centered cultural assessment focused on the individual.
3. Learn about the Cultural Formulation Interview as a standardized approach for conducting a person-centered cultural assessment.
Roberto Lewis-Fernadez, MD
Roberto Lewis-Fernández MD is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University; at New York State Psychiatric Institute, he is Director of the NYS Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence, Director of the Hispanic Treatment Program, and Research Area Leader for Anxiety, Mood, Eating, and Related Disorders. His research develops culturally congruent interventions and instruments to enhance patient engagement, reduce misdiagnosis, and help overcome disparities in the care of underserved cultural groups. He led the development of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview, a standardized cultural assessment protocol, and was the Principal Investigator (PI) of its international field trial. He has been PI or co-Investigator of 27 National Institutes of Health-funded studies and other research, and published over 225 articles, chapters, and books on culture-related topics in mental health. He is immediate past president of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry, president-elect of the American Psychopathological Association, chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Cultural Committee, and chair of the DSM Review Committee for Internalizing Disorders. He was chair of the DSM-5-TR Culture-Related Issues Review Committee as well as co-chair of the DSM-5-TR Work Group on Ethnoracial Equity and Inclusion and the ICD-11 Working Group on Culture-Related Issues.
