TOPIC:  INTERVENTION: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-Being Around the World

Assigned Reading/s: CHAPTER 4, pp. 75 - 97 [Shealy, Bullock, & Kapadia (Eds.) (2023)]

Supplementary Materials:

ARTICLE: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
The American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct provides guidance for psychologists in professional, scientific and educational roles. The Ethics Code also outlines standards of professional conduct for APA members and student affiliates.

ARTICLE: International practitioners
http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2009/03/cover-abroad.aspx
What does it take to practice psychology abroad? Cultural competence is always in demand; educational requirements vary widely.

ARTICLE: Employing Psychotherapy Across Cultures and Contexts
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3868079/
Psychotherapy and psychological interventions are practiced across diverse cultural and health settings, for a variety of emotional distress and among very heterogeneous groups of people. Different schools of psychotherapy exist and are employed across regions, contexts, and cultures. However, they have been criticized for the failure to appreciate the ethnocentricity of their approaches.[1] The apparent contradictions between the theory and methods of individual schools of psychotherapy and their use in diverse social and ethnic environments are often emphasized. Nevertheless, a diligent examination of the issues suggests that many so-called “unresolvable” tensions between the standard psychotherapies and their use in diverse contexts are explained by the form-content dichotomy related to psychological therapy.[2] This editorial highlights some issues related to the use of psychotherapy across cultures.

ARTICLE: International Themes in Psychotherapy Integration
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-28355-021
Integrative psychotherapies have grown significantly worldwide since the 1980s and currently hold a central place on most continents. This chapter presents a landscape of practice, training, and research in psychotherapy integration in select countries in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Psychotherapy is defined by common features throughout the world and, at the same time, is practiced differently according to geographical regions and cultural contexts. The chapter provides brief descriptions of integrative psychotherapy movements and contributions in different world regions in order to furnish a view of integration at an international level. It provides overviews of integration in their respective countries in terms of specific models, training programs, and research programs, concluding with the current state of psychotherapy integration. Following summaries of integration in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe and select countries therein, the chapter highlights recurrent themes across countries. The landscape includes considerations about incentives and challenges to the growth of psychotherapy integration in every region as well as obstacles to address. In the future, psychotherapy around the world will undoubtedly become more fully integrative, not only in terms of blending theoretical perspectives, but also in mutually beneficial collaborative efforts between practitioners and researchers.

WEBPAGE: World Health Organization: Department of Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Abuse
https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/treatment-care/innovations-in-psychological-interventions
This page provides a link to key WHO resources related to the delivery of psychological interventions.

WEBPAGE: IUPsyS - Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists
http://www.iupsys.net/about/governance/universal-declaration-of-ethical-principles-for-psychologists.html

WEBSITE: EAP: Situation of Psychotherapy in various countries on Quality Standards
https://www.europsyche.org/situation-of-psychotherapy-in-various-countries/
https://www.europsyche.org/quality-standards/eap-standards/

VIDEO: Dr. Janel Gauthier on the "Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists"
https://youtu.be/LqBO9pjMvsM
Published on Mar 31, 2012
Dr. Gauthier about the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists
Critical Thinking Question: What are your thoughts about "Individual Human Rights" vs. "Cultural Rights" between Nations?

VIDEO: Multicultural Competence in Counseling and Psychotherapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sCvBlb6JP0
Published on Apr 11, 2014
In this provocative interview with multicultural expert Derald Wing Sue, learn about the history of multicultural counseling, the unmet needs of diverse clients, and ways to counter the culture-bound values that may be impacting your work. This video may also be viewed at:  http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/multicultural-competence-psychotherapy-sue