[History and prospects of transcultural psychiatry and psychotherapy]

Transcultural psychiatry and psychotherapy gained importance with the presence of immigrants and refugees in contemporary society. Transcultural psychiatry examines the interaction of culture with the symptoms and course of mental disorders. It focuses on communication and knowledge transfer between professionals and patients and reflects cultural limits in the perception and classification of psychiatric diseases. The past, present, and future of transcultural psychiatry were discussed during a symposium held in Berlin at a meeting of the Society for Philosophy and the Psychological Sciences and the German Society for Anthropological Medicine, Psychology, and Psychotherapy.