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December 8, 2025Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Promoting mental health equity through cultural competence

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KFKenneth Po-Lun FungSKSoyeon Kim

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Overview

This review demonstrates cultural competence improves mental health care outcomes in diverse populations, suggesting a need for training.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how cultural competence can promote health equity in mental health care.
  • Examined cultural competence and related concepts including cultural humility and safety.
  • Discussed applications at micro, meso, and macro levels in clinical settings.
  • Analyzed frameworks like DSM-5-TR's Outline for Cultural Formulation.
  • Reviewed cultural adaptations in psychotherapy and systemic practices.
  • Cultural competence enhances access and treatment effectiveness in mental health care.
  • Mindfulness-based interventions improved outcomes in psychotherapy.
  • Ongoing training promotes organizational inclusivity and addresses structural inequities.

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Fung et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693624ce4fa91c937236cd90https://doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2025.89.4.262
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