[Symposium 49] Cultural Psychopharmacology: Integrating Genetics, Ethnicity, and Global Perspectives

[SY-49-02] Ethnicity and psychopharmacology: an overview

*Mario Hubertus Braakman (Tilburg University, the Netherlands(Netherlands))

Keywords:

Pharmacology,cross-cultural,Psychopharmacology,Ethnicity

This introductory presentation will give the audience a historical overview of 50 years of research in the area of ethnopsychopharmacology. The classic pharmacological studies will be presented and the main phases of the research characteristics in this field. Also the main theorectical concepts and problems will be elicidated as well as solutions. We will end with the new challenges that lie ahead.