Dr. Marianne C Kastrup is a specialist in psychiatry and the former Medical Director of the Rehabilitation and research Centre for Torture Victims, Copenhagen and has been Head of the National Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry in Copenhagen. She has extensive experience in academic teaching and has been assistant professor in psychiatry, University of Copenhagen. Dr. Kastrup was for many years on the Expert Advisory Panel Mental Health, WHO and on many occasions expert advisor for European Council CPT. Currently she is the Treasurer of the World Association Social Psychiatry. In the European Psychiatric Association she has a Board member 1992-2016 and chaired the task force on refugees and migrants. In the World Psychiatric Association she has been a member of WPA Executive Committee, has chaired the Transcultural Section and chaired the Committee to Review Abuse of Psychiatry. She has more than 125 peer review articles and is author/coauthor of 24 books and more than 90 book chapters. Her research areas are traumatized refugees, transcultural psychiatry and register research.

Presents relevant aspects of psychotherapeutic work involving people with an immigration background

Includes disorders such as PTSD, depression, personality and schizophrenic disorders

Written by respected interdisciplinary specialists

1. Intercultural Psychotherapy; An Historical Perspective.- 2. The Current Role of Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 3. Standards in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 4. Using the Cultural Formulation Interview in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 5. The Significance of Intercultural Psychotherapy in Further Education and Professional Training.- 6. The Role of Language in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 7. The Role of the Interpreters in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 8. The Patient--Therapist Relationship in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 9. Cultural Competence in Psychotherapy.- 10. Adopting an Intercultural Perspective in Mental Healthcare.- 11. Intercultural Balint Work.- 12. Religion and Spirituality in Intercultural Therapy.- 13. Gender-Specific Aspects of Intercultural Psychotherapy for Traumatised Female Refugees.- 14. Ethical Aspects of Psychotherapy in Forced Migrants.- 15. Psychotherapy Using Electronic Media.- 16. Measuring the Outcomes of Intercultural Therapy.- 17. Global Perspectiveson the Teaching and Learning of Intercultural Psychotherapy.- Part I Insights into Special Target Groups.- 18. Ethnocultural Diversity in the Mind: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Non-Western Immigrants in the Netherlands.- 19. Psychotherapy for Africans with a Migration Background.- 20. Cultural Psychiatry and the Implementation of Transcultural Psychotherapy in China.- 21. Psychotherapy for Latin Americans.- 22. The Challenges of Interpreting in Psychotherapy: Interpreters Stand Apart.- 23. Psychotherapy in Japan.- 24. Psychotherapy for Indonesians.- 25. Psycho Social Interventions in Rehabilitation: An Intercultural Perspective.