The psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, and social pedagogical work with people from different cultural backgrounds is an ongoing task that places high communicative and therapeutic demands not only in dealing with refugees and often traumatized individuals.

The authors convey four guiding ideas:
• A culturally sensitive psychiatry benefits from a social psychiatric orientation.
• A systemic approach proves effective for therapeutic practice.
• Careful consideration of contexts is essential for any culturally sensitive assistance.
• The cultural specificity of psychiatry itself must be kept in mind.

The Handbook of Transcultural Psychiatry is a method-oriented teaching and reference work for the training and continuing education of all professions in psychiatric care. The numerous action-oriented examples make it indispensable for practitioners as well.