Citation

McKinney K. Transcult. Psychiatry 2007; 44(3): 482-503.

Affiliation

McGill University, Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Montréal, Québec, Canada. kamckinn@mindspring.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, McGill University, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1363461507081643

PMID

17938157

Abstract

Based on a case study of anthropological fieldwork at a small program located in the north-eastern USA, this article critically examines the development of culturally sensitive psychosocial models of care for survivors of torture and refugee trauma in western countries of resettlement. Fieldwork identified several unresolved tensions in the bicultural model of counseling, psychosocial models of care, and the field of refugee mental health. Despite efforts to develop an innovative treatment model, the culturalization of care and the emphasis placed on meeting social needs in interventions resulted in maintaining conventional relations of power within the mental health professions.

Language: en