Brown Bag Seminar

Brown Bag Seminar with:  Dr. Peter Guarnaccia, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University     “The Importance of Studying Cultural Syndromes in Psychiatric Epidemiology:  Evidence from 30 Years of Studying Ataques de Nervios”

Peter Guarnaccia, PhD, has contributed to research, conceptual development and applied applications to many of the important areas in culture and mental health research: cultural analyses of psychiatric epidemiology; the integration of cultural syndromes into psychiatric epidemiology and clinical research; family caregiving for a relative with serious mental illness; cultural competence in mental health services research; and processes of culture change among immigrants.