Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
The Challenge of Diversity in Global Mental Health: A Cultural-Ecosocial Approach
- 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.