TIP #59: Improving Cultural Competence

Abstract

340 pages. Includes index and bibliography. TIP (Treatment Improvement Protocol) #59 assists professional care providers and administrators in understanding the role of culture in the delivery of substance abuse and mental health services. It discusses racial, ethnic, and cultural considerations and the core elements of cultural competence. Chapters: 1. Introduction to cultural competence (purpose, objectives, assumptions, culture, race, ethnicity, cultural identity); 2. Core competencies for counselors and other clinical staff (self-assessment); 3. Culturally responsive evaluation and treatment planning (engage clients, collaboration, interviews, assessments, screening and assessment tools, readiness and motivation for change, responsive case management); 4. Pursuing organizational cultural competence (values, governance, planning, evaluation, monitoring, language services, workforce and staff development, organizational infrastructure); 5. Behavioral health treatment for major racial and ethnic groups (African and Black Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics and Latinos, Native Americans, White Americans); 6. Drug cultures and the culture of recovery (role of drug cultures in substance abuse treatment); Appendices: instruments to measure identity and acculturation, tools for assessing cultural competence, screening and assessment instruments, cultural formulation in diagnosis, cultural concepts of distress, cultural resources.