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Cross-cultural psychiatry and the user/survivor movement in the context of global mental health

In ‘Theorizing resistance: Foucault, crosscultural psychiatry and the user/survivor movement,’ Swerdfager (2016) develops a rich argument about the relationship between user/ survivor voices, cross-cultural psychiatry, and the emerging discipline of global mental health (GMH). The paper questions the future directions of cross-cultural psychiatry in the era of GMH, and discusses the implications for user/survivor voices. This commentary engages with Swerdfager, focusing on the historical development of crosscultural psychiatry and the discipline’s evolving relationship with GMH, concluding with a brief discussion of recent developments with potential to open up new spaces for user/survivor voices as mental health services globalize.