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The current article provides an overview to the cultural accommodation model (CAM) of counseling (Leong & Lee, 2006) that may help guide employment counselors' work. The integrative multidimensional model of cross‐cultural counseling (Leong, 1996), a precursor to the CAM, is also reviewed.

"The term multicultural psychology has become commonplace in our field during the past decade; nevertheless, it is essential that I start with a discussion of what multicultural means in this handbook. In the United States, multicultural psychology has referred to both international and domestic multiculturalism, with the former usually labeled as cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology and the latter as racial and ethnic minority psychology. In an article seeking to integrate cross-cultural psychology research methods into ethnic minority psychology, Leong, Leung, and Cheung (2010) proposed that advances in both fields would be facilitated if there was greater cross-fertilization, especially in methodological approaches, because proponents in both fields are interested in studying and understanding the role and impact of culture on human behavior. Leong et al. noted that two separate and distinct disciplines underlie the field of multicultural psychology. Cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology have been influenced much more by anthropology and cross-national studies of human behavior, with a heavy emphasis on social-psychological analyses. Racial and ethnic minority psychology has been influenced much more by sociology and concerns with social stratification and social opportunities for national subgroups. Within the APA, the latter is represented by Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues), whereas the former is represented by Division 52 (International Psychology). Each has a separate history, separate associations, and separate scientific journals (i.e., Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology) and conventions, and each subscribes to different philosophical orientations. Cross-cultural psychology has had a longer interest in methodological and measurement challenges, whereas racial and ethnic minority psychology is more oriented toward political advocacy and social justice and social change"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

Suicide is increasingly understood and predicted as an intersection of biological, psychological, cognitive, and sociocultural factors. We have some basic knowledge of these factors and how they interact, but presently we know very little about how culture can play a role as a variable that influences suicide. Suicide Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups will go a long way towards filling that gap by pulling together cutting edge empirical research from general cultural diversity literature and applying it to suicide assessment, treatment, and prevention theory and practice. By looking outs

Ziel des Buches ist es, den Forschungsstand zum Zusammenhang von Kultur, Stress und Gesundheit in einem Überblickswerk darzustellen. Das Besondere ist dabei, dass sowohl kulturvergleichende als auch interkulturelle Ansätze berücksichtigt und ihre Wechselwirkungen betont werden. Insgesamt 29 Kapitel greifen aktuelle Fragestellungen aus Theorie und Praxis auf und stellen zugehörige Betrachtungsebenen, Untersuchungsmethoden und Forschungsergebnisse dar. Themen umfassen z.B. Akkulturation in einer neuen Umgebung, Belastungserleben bei Migranten oder Stress in multikulturellen Arbeitssettings.