Dr. Francis Lu and Dr. Jessica Isom discuss cultural competency in mental healthcare, mentorship, networking, cultivating relationships, and more!

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

05:54 Importance of Mentorship and Networking

08:32   Cultural Competency in Mental Healthcare

18:13 Cultivating Relationships

22:33 Most Significant Accomplishments

27:24 Key Takeaways

Personal Transformation Through an Encounter with Death: A Study of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru on its Fiftieth Anniversary by Francis G. Lu, MD

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Guest:

Francis G. Lu, MD, is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, at the University of California, Davis. As a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Dr. Lu has contributed to the areas of cultural psychiatry including the interface with religion and spirituality, psychiatric education, diversity and inclusion, mental health equity, and psychiatry and film. He has presented at every APA Annual Meeting since 1984. APA awarded him Special Presidential Commendations in both 2002 and 2016 for his contributions to cultural psychiatry, and in 2020, the APA Distinguished Service Award. In 2008, the Association for Academic Psychiatry awarded him its Lifetime Achievement in Education Award, and in 2020, the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021, the American College of Psychiatrists awarded him its Distinguished Service Award, the first Asian American to be so honored since the award was presented annually from 1965. He presents Grand Rounds on “DSM-5-TR Outline for Cultural Formulation and Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally/Structurally Competent Care” as well as film seminars at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, and Door County Summer Institute, Egg Harbor, WI. Websites: www.francislumd.com and https://amazon.com/author/francislu.

Host:

Jessica Isom MD, MPH, is a board-certified community psychiatrist, who practices clinically in the federally qualified health center Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is also involved in graduate medical education and health care workforce development in her role as a clinical instructor in the Yale University Department of Psychiatry, which has inspired many invited talks and workshops around social justice and health equity. Additionally, Dr. Isom is a physician-entrepreneur who owns the consulting business Vision for Equity LLC that focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), antiracism, and racial equity.

Editor:

Gabriel Allaf is a fourth-year medical student.

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