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Minority and Cross-Cultural Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment: Enduring and Emerging Trends, Second Edition. F. Richard Ferraro, Ed. (2015) London, England, and New York, NY

TheUnited States population has become increasingly diverse. Today, nearly 3 persons in 10 is a member of an ethnic minority group, and more than 40 million Americans are foreign-born. In the ethnically diverse United States, there has been increasing interest in the impact of ethnicity and culture on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders including the incidence, prevalence, and natural history of disorders in various ethnic groups; the ways in which members of different ethnic groups seek help from mental health professionals, as well as traditional or folk healers; differences in the way symptoms are expressed in different cultures; and the impact of cultural differences between patient and professional in the diagnostic and treatment process. As pointed out by the editor, R. Richard Ferraro, minority and cross-cultural psychology is more relevant now than ever in our diverse world. Indeed, while embracing globalization, facing worldwide swiftly shifting of the landscape of mental health in the recent years, and the increasing mobility of population and migration of people to different locations/countries/continents, now, societies have become much more diverse in terms of ethnicity and culture than ever before. A better understanding of cross-cultural perspective in neuropsychological assessment is no