Wen-Shing Tseng

Wen-Shing Tseng, M.D., is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Hawaii, School of Medicine. For many decades, he has been devoted to research in the field of cultural psychiatry.

Dr. Tseng served as chair of the Transcultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association for two terms, from 1983 to 1993, and has been an honorable adviser since. In 2005 he was nominated by international colleagues to establish the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry, for which he served as the founding President in 2005-2009 and as Honorable President since.

Currently, Dr. Tseng is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the 2008 recipient of the Kun-Po Soo Award from the American Psychiatric Association. He was awarded the “Creative Scholarship Award” in 2002 and the “Distinguish Life Award” in 2008 by the Society of the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (USA).

Dr. Tseng is a prolific academic author. He has edited/co-edited or authored nearly 20 English books, mostly relating to his special interest of cultural psychiatry. In addition, he has published more than 40 Chinese books & monographs, mostly in the area of psychotherapy and mental health.

In 2001, Dr. Tseng published as sole editor a 855-page book, “Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry”. The book is regarded by international colleagues as a landmark tome in the field of cultural psychiatry, and was later also translated into Italian. Dr. Tseng is currently working on his new book: “Culture and Psychotherapy: Theory and Applications - A World Perspective”.