The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience and Global Mental Health

Cultural neuroscience and global mental health is an interdisciplinary field of study that integrates theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches in cultural neuroscience to address the major challenges in global mental health. The field is concerned with identifying the root causes,
risks, and preventative factors in global mental health, with a view to improving and achieving health equity for all people across the world.

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience and Global Mental Health is the first ever comprehensive overview of this field. It explores how culture can influence the neurobiological mechanisms underlying mental health. The book is divided into 5 parts:

Part I introduces theoretical foundations in cultural neuroscience and global mental health. The second part provides reviews investigating the etiology of mental health disorders across cultures. Part 3 discusses the societal and environmental influences that affect prevention and early
intervention in global mental health. This is followed by a section examining strategies for the improvement of treatment and expansion of access to care in global mental health. The book ends with a review of the cultural and socioeconomic factors that affect the prevalence of mental disorders
across ethnic groups.

The book will be an essential educational resource for both training and practising mental health professionals, in addition to those in the fields of cultural neuroscience and public health.

About the Author:
Dr. Joan Y. Chiao is the Director of the International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University and B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. She is on the editorial board of several journals and is a recipient of grant funding. She is
a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Dr. Shu-Chen Li is Professor and Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Technische Univesitat Dresden. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from University of Oklahoma. She is on the editorial board of several journals and receives grant funding. She has
previously served as a Senior Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute.

Dr. Robert Turner is a Director Emeritus of Department of Neurophysics at the Max Planck Institute and an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham. He received a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics and a M.A. in Social Anthropology at University College London. He received a Ph.D. in Physics
at Simon Fraser University.

Dr. Su Yeon Lee-Tauler is a Research Scientist at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology. Her research interests include public health, mental health and health care disparities, suicide prevention, and military health.

Dr. Beverly A. Pringle is Director of the Center for Global Mental Health at the National Institutes of Mental Health. She received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Maryland.