Session Details
[Symposium 38] Cultural Competence - essential skills for mental professionals
Fri. Sep 26, 2025 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM JST
Fri. Sep 26, 2025 4:10 AM - 5:40 AM UTC
Fri. Sep 26, 2025 4:10 AM - 5:40 AM UTC
Session Room 3 (Large Hall A)
Chair: Itsuo Asai (Heart Clinic Medical Corporation)
[SY-38]Cultural Competence – essential skills for mental professionals
Itsuo Asai1, Kenneth Fung2, Jaswant Guzder3, Byamah Brian Mutamba4, Syuichi Katsuragawa5 (1.Heart Clinic Medical Corporation(Japan), 2.University of Toronto(United States of America), 3.MacGill University(Australia), 4.Butabika Hospital(Uganda), 5.Toho University School of Medicine(Japan))
[SY-38-01]Promoting Mental Health Equity through Cultural Competence
*Kenneth Po-Lun Fung (University of Toronto(Canada))
[SY-38-02]Use of Interpreters in Culturally Competent Care : a therapeutic predicament
*jaswant guzder1,2 (1.University of British Columbia(Canada), 2.McGill University(Canada))
[SY-38-03]Developing culturally appropriate messages for mental health promotion; the role of alternate care providers'
*Byamah Brian Mutamba1,2 (1.Butabika National Mental Hospital (Uganda), 2.YouBelong Uganda(Uganda))
[SY-38-04]Cultural competence: the changing social perceptions from stigmatization to understanding of mental health issues in Japan in recent years
*Shuichi Katsuragawa (Department of Psychiatry, Toho University Sakura Medical Center(Japan))