Cross-cultural psychiatry

Cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. Multicultural competence requires constant work, study and development as counselors move through their careers. It is ever changing and demands attention. Even though I have been exposure to those from other cultures in business, organizations, school,…

the Japanese culture is that there might be less cultural distance because they moved from San Francisco. According to United States Census Bureau, Asian is the second highest population in San Francisco. Mary and her family could have had experiences with other Japanese people and acquired some knowledge about their culture. Therefore, adjusting to the Japanese culture might be more feasible. Another factor that may influence acculturation is cultural fit. Since Mary and her family emigrate…

we develop lenses based on the sets of attitudes, views, and beliefs through which we see race, ethnicity, nationality, and culture. The book outlines ten distinct lenses, which were developed to help individuals gain a better understanding of how cultural diversity affects our personal and professional lives. Each lens is described detailing its strengths and weaknesses, legal aspects, professional ties and providing information on ways to apply and develop the lens. By identifying and…

of “Cultural Proficiency” and how it is applied in the Joint Doctoral Program in Education with San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University is a broad platform. This analysis will describe how to progress forward for the educational community, as well as the individual. Implementing effective changes to enhance this program will require that we start by understanding the mission of the program, what cultural proficiency is and how it is applied, the four tools of cultural…

America and Korea: Cultural Difference Based on the Six Dimensions of Culture Leadership is unique to all organizations. In Geert Hofstede’s research he studies different nations and how their cultures affect their work place. It is an interesting concept to see how different countries relate to the employment environment. Hofstede himself describes culture as “the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others.” I have been to Korea…

Pull Theory are the reasons that people migrate would be due to push and pull factors. Push and Pull factors are forces that can either induce people to move to a new location or oblige them to leave old residences; they can be economic, political, cultural, and environmentally based (Lewishistorical , 2016). Origin country is the country from which the emigrants leave there country after facing the economic, social or environmental push factors. How does migration affect the place? What are the…

Alaikum’. Hausa greetings and greeting formulas …( ) points out that greetings are part of communication in which cultural differences are strong, emphasizing further that ‘we should adapt to these specific differences in order to communicate effectively.’ This invariably means our being able to select the appropriate manners of greeting in different cultures and social contexts will enhance not only our communication but also our interaction with our interlocutors. Thus as in various other…

Hofstede’s (1980) dimension of power distance measures the degree to which members of an organization or a culture accept that power is distributed unequally. If the people of a country have a high power distance index, they are supposed to accept inequalities and are improbable to question their superiors. Collectivism versus Individualism is the extent to which people view themselves as part of an organization, family or group. The pursuit of self-interests and personal achievement is…

Introduction What is culture? It the knowledge and characteristics of certain groups of people which are defined by language, food, music, art, social habits and religion. In this essay, marriage practices of three different cultures will be discussed. The first marriage practice will be from the Indian culture. I chose this specific culture as I love the bright colours and it is very different from my own culture. The second will be a Greek wedding as this is my own culture therefore I can…

(Wirtschafter, 2015). Some traditions are eliminated as people learn about their dangers. The exposure to different cultures across the globe eventually leads to a cultural change as people adopt enriching aspects from other cultural groups. Exposure to different cultures leads to the transition of the social thinking thus overly leading to a cultural shift. The different aspects of culture are interrelated and interconnected. For one to fully understand a culture, he/she must learn all the…