World Association of Cultural Psychiatry

Equal access to quality mental health care for all remains an unmet goal across the world. As mental health professionals, we confront the challenge of helping to overcome structural barriers to service delivery and to ensure that these services respond effectively to the needs of the increasingly diverse populations we serve. In a world composed of multicultural societies, augmented each day by massive migratory movements, and characterized by persistent inequalities faced by underserved social groups, cultural psychiatry is a key contributor to the development of effective health systems.