Expanding the Traditional Diagnostic Interview: Gathering Migration History via a Cultural Diagnostic Interview

In order to develop culturally sensitive interventions for working with immigrant families, family therapists need a framework from which to work. The objective of this article is to overview how a cultural diagnostic interview format differs from the traditional diagnostic interview approach that i...

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Published in:Journal of family psychotherapy 2006-05, Vol.17 (2), p.51-65
Main Authors: Ellenwood, Audrey E., Snyders, Rick, Poignon, Julie, Roberts, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis
diagnostic interview
Emigration
family
Family psychotherapy. Systemic therapy
Family Therapy
Immigrants
Intervention
interview process
Medical sciences
Multicultural therapy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Therapists
Treatments
United States of America
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Summary:In order to develop culturally sensitive interventions for working with immigrant families, family therapists need a framework from which to work. The objective of this article is to overview how a cultural diagnostic interview format differs from the traditional diagnostic interview approach that is often employed during the initial phases of therapy. The utility of the cultural interview for developing appropriate therapeutic intervention is demonstrated through the vignettes of several immigrants from different lands who shared their emigration stories with graduate students from a mid-western university in the United States.
ISSN:0897-5353
1540-4080
DOI:10.1300/J085v17n02_04