Summit

2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025

The Challenge of Diversity in Global Mental Health: A Cultural-Ecosocial Approach

Virtual · October 2025

Plenary Panel Session · Other

  • Laurence Kirmayer
    McGill University

Abstract

Across the globe, there are substantial variations in the experience and expression of mental health problems. This presentation will discuss some epistemic and methodological challenges to understanding the interaction of culture and social context with individual psychology and neurobiology and outline an ecosocial approach to cultural diversity in health and illness.

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