Culture,ethnicity, and mental health

Conclusion This is the important point, I think, both in the research field and in the research-policy-administrative-political field that might be characterized by the collective interests of people in these fields. Our discussions do not suggest unalterable directions for our efforts, and whatever answers we may come up with do not suggest final conclusions. If we are able to trust one another and our institutions-and I feel that trust is one of the key issues in any discussion about mental-health topics—then we have to admit that perhaps we are all correct. And our progress in the area of ethnicity, culture, and mental health will be promoted by our continued co-operation.the National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.This paper is the substance of an address given at the Conference on Culture and Ethnicity-Mental Health Services for a Pluralistic Society held under the sponsorship of the Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity, American Jewish Committee of New York, and the Maurice Falk Medical Fund of Pittsburgh, at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, on October 13, 1976.