Reconceptualizing Competence: An Appeal

An Appeal

An Appeal

and the College is recognised as a "School of Science" by the Committee of the Conjoint Board of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. Ten medical scholarships at the hospital schools in London, ranging iu value from 90 to 1>">5 guineas and six scholarships of ?15 each for one year tenable in the school, are competed for annually, besides several exhibitions and scholarships varying fr...

An Appeal

Reconceptualizing schizophrenia.

The recent emphasis for research on psychiatric disorders focuses on supposed underlying processes and their biological elements. Although such a direction may be fruitful, it would be a mistake to ignore more integrated approaches for understanding the mysteries of schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorders. The complexity of the biopsychosocial paradigm should not lead to ignoring its poten...

Reconceptualizing access: a cultural competence approach to improving the mental health of African American women.

Despite the prevalence of mental illness among African American women, only a limited number of them seek or accept help from mental health service delivery systems. An extensive review of the literature revealed that (1) racism and discrimination, (2) socioeconomic status, (3) stress and well being, and (4) housing and neighborhood conditions must be considered in an assessment of the mental h...