Definitioner
Dansk Psykiatrisk Selskab, Interessegruppen for Transkulturel Psykiatri
"de kulturelle aspekters indflydelse på de psykiatriske lidelsers fremtræden, behandling og forløb"

World Psychiatric Association, Section on Transcultural Psychiatry
"the study of the relations between mental disorders and the psychological characteristics which differentiate nations, peoples or cultures. Its main goals are to identify, verify and explain the links between mental disorders and these broad psychosocial characteristics"