Wen-Shing Tseng, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry

EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY

  • National Taiwan University, Medical School, M.D., 1954-61
  • National Taiwan University Hospital, Psychiatry Resident, 1961-65
  • Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, Psychiatry Resident, 1965-68

RELEVANT PRIOR EXPERIENCE

  • Instructor - National Taiwan University, Medical School, 1968-72
  • Research Fellow – Culture and Mental Health Program, East-West Center, 1971-72
  • Associate Professor – Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii, JABSOM, 1972-76
  • Training Director – University of Hawaii Affiliated Hospitals Psychiatry Residency Program,1975-82
  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii, JABSOM, 1976-present

RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES IN THIS RESIDENCY

  • Moderate weekly Department Case Conference
  • Teach Seminars: Cultural psychiatry for Level I, II, and III Residents
  • DME (Director of Medical Education) teaching round (biweekly) for medical students and residents respectively assigned to HSH (Hawaii State Hospital)

RESEARCH/SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

  • Cultural Psychiatry

PUBLICATIONS

  • Tseng, W.S. & Streltzer, J. (Eds): Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide for Clinical Practice. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2001.
  • Tseng, W.S.: Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2001.
  • Tseng, W.S.: The Clinical Application of Cultural Psychiatry. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2003.
  • Tseng, W. S., & Streltzer, J. (Eds): Cultural Competence in Clinical Psychiatry. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing Inc. 2004.
  • Tseng, W. S., & Matthews, D.: Cultural Competence in Forensic Mental Health. New York: Brunner / Routledge. 2004.
  • Tseng, W.S., Chang, C.C., Nishizono, M. (Eds): Asian Culture and Psychotherapy: Implication for East and West. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 2005.

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE(S)

ABPN, (Psychiatry) 1981
Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2003
Hawaii