Training in cultural schemas: an antidote to unintentional racism in clinical practice. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Although recent attempts have been made to bolster multicultural training, problems remain in defining effective training and providing equitable service delivery to minority consumers. This article argues that cultural schema is a useful construct for helping clinicians identify, organize, interpret, and integrate cultural data into clinical practice. Further, it is proposed that training in the use of cultural schemas will serve to also reduce the prevalence of unintentional racism in the mental health field.

published proceedings

  • Am J Orthopsychiatry

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Ridley, C. R., Chih, D. W., & Olivera, R. J.

citation count

  • 21

complete list of authors

  • Ridley, CR||Chih, DW||Olivera, RJ

publication date

  • January 2000