Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorder Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment

January 22-24, 2010 Friday - Sunday | University of California, Los Angeles

The aim of this conference is to improve the quality of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment by giving specific attention to biological and cultural contexts and their interactions. Given the abundant criticism directed to both the biological and cultural validity of current DSM diagnostic categories, the focus is particularly important and timely. Revisions to the DSM are now underway that attempt to incorporate divergent cross-cultural aspects of mental illness, as well as underlying neurobiological factors common to different disorders. Both areas will be addressed at the conference in presentations and panel discussions.


The conference is designed to appeal to a wide audience: clinicians, researchers, social workers and therapists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, and others interested in the science, experience, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.

For more information, please visit http://www.thefpr.org/conference2010/index.php/



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