Challenges and Rewards of a culturally-informed approach to mental health | Jessica Dere | TEDxUTSC

Challenges and Rewards of a culturally-informed approach to mental health | Jessica Dere | TEDxUTSC

Dr. Jessica Dere clarifies exactly how society makes a distinction when thinking of mental wellness and psychological disease. Across psychological wellness research study, professional treatment and training, there are extensive benefits to be had by really recognizing people in context.

Dr. Jessica Dere is a professional lecturer in the Department of Psychology and the Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science at UTSC. She acquired her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Concordia University in 2012, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Social Aetiology of Mental Illness (SAMI) training program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Her study rate of interests consist of the role of social variables in emotional processes and cultural variants in sign discussion of clinical depression and anxiety.

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