Cafecito entre nos… Meet the Developer – A conversation with Roberto Lewis-Fernández, MD

This new session conversation with Roberto Lewis-Fernández, MD one of the developers of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) who will share information about the development and benefits of using a cultural assessment tool. The CFI is a semi-structured, person-centered interview tool included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5 and DSM-5-TR). This interview helps clinicians understand how culture shapes a patient’s experience of illness, their help-seeking behaviors, and their expectations for care. It is a set of protocols that can guide cultural assessment during evaluation and treatment planning with any patient by any provider in any care setting. The session includes a dialogue section where the audience had the opportunity to ask Dr. Lewis-Fernández about the CFI and its use in clinical practice.