TSENG, Wen-Shing 1935-

PERSONAL: Born June 5, 1935, in Taiwan; immigrated to United States, 1971, naturalized U.S. citizen, 1983; married Jing Hsu (a psychiatrist and educator), March 23, 1963; children: Chau-Wen, Chien-Wen. Education: National Taiwan University, M.D., 1961.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii— Manoa, 1356 Lusitana St., Honolulu, HI 96813.

CAREER: Psychiatrist, educator, and author. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, resident in psychiatry at University Hospital, 1961-65, staff psychiatrist, 1965-72, instructor in psychiatry, 1968-72; University of Hawaii—Manoa, Honolulu, associate professor, 1972-76, professor of psychiatry, 1976—, training director for University of Hawaii Affiliated Hospitals psychiatric residency training program, 1975-82, director of medical education for residents at Hawaii State Hospital, 1999—. Beijing Medical University, guest professor, 1987—. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, diplomate, 1981; affiliate of St. Francis Medical Center, Honolulu. Harvard Medical School, resident in psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 1965-68; East-West Center, research fellow in culture and mental health program, Social Science Research Institute, 1971-72, adjunct research associate of Culture Learning Institute, 1981-86; consultant to World Health Organization.

MEMBER: World Psychiatric Association (chair of transcultural psychiatry section, 1983-93), American Psychiatric Association (fellow), Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (member of board of directors), Pacific Rim College of Psychiatry.

AWARDS, HONORS: Chancellor's award, University of Hawaii—Manoa, 1981-82.

WRITINGS:

Culture, Mind, and Therapy: An Introduction to Cultural Psychiatry, Brunner/Mazel (New York, NY), 1981.

(With wife, Jing Hsu) Culture and Family: Problems and Therapy, Haworth Press (New York, NY), 1991.

(With Jing Hsu) Psychotherapy—Theory and Analysis (in Chinese), Beijing University/Xie-Ho University United Press (Beijing, China), 1994.

(With Jing Hsu) Textbook of Psychiatry (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Buffalo Book Co. (Taipei, Taiwan), 1994.

Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry, Academic Press (San Diego, CA), 2001.

Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry, Academic Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

editor

(With J. F. McDermott and T. W. Maretzki) Adjustment in Intercultural Marriage, University Press of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI), 1977.

People and Culture of Hawaii, University Press of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI), 1980.

(With David Y. H. Wu) Chinese Culture and Mental Health: An Overview, Academic Press (New York, NY), 1985.

Asian Family Mental Health, Psychiatric Research Institute of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), 1988.

(With L. P. Kok) Suicidal Behavior in Asia and the Pacific, University of Singapore Press (Singapore), 1992.

(With T. Y. Lin and E. J. Yeh) Chinese Societies and Mental Health, Oxford University Press (Hong Kong, China), 1995.

(With Jon Streltzer) Culture and Psychopathology: A Guide to Clinical Assessment, Brunner/Mazel (New York, NY), 1997.

Chinese Mind and Therapy (in Chinese), Beijing Medical University Press (Beijing, China), 1997.

(With Jon Streltzer) Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice, American Psychiatric Press (Washington, DC), 2001.

Contributor to books and professional journals. Also editor of Culture and Psychotherapy.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Choice, June, 1992, review of Culture and Family: Problems and Therapy, p. 1619.

Library Journal, October 15, 2001, Mary Ann Hughes, review of Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry, p. 96.

Readings: Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, March, 1998, review of Culture and Psychopathology: A Guide to Clinical Assessment, p. 25.

SciTech Book News, September, 1997, review of Culture and Psychopathology, p. 73.*