Voorafgaand aan de publicatie van de Cultural Formulation of Diagnosis in DSM-IV in 1994 en daarna zijn buiten Nederland verschillende vragenlijsten en handreikingen ontwikkeld die tot doel hebben gericht informatie te verkrijgen over de culturele identiteit en culturele ziekteverklaringen van de patiënt. De belangrijkste worden hieronder genoemd.

Vragenlijsten

1.      The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC)

Zie: M. Weiss, D. Doongaji, S. Siddharta e.a. (1992) The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC). Contribution to cross-cultural research method from a study of leprosy and mental health. British Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 819-830.

2.      The McGill Illness Narrative Interview (MINI)

Zie: D. Grolleau, A. Young & L. Kirmayer (2006) The MCGill Illness Narrative Interview (MINI): An interview schedule to elicit meanings and modes of reasoning related to illness experiences. Transcultural Psychiatry, 43, 4, 671-691.

3.      Cultural Formulation Version A (volwassenen, 2009)            http://www.mcgill.ca/ccs/handbook/assessment/cfa

 4.   Cultural Formulation Version A (kinderen) (2009)                        http://www.mcgill.ca/ccs/handbook/assessment/cfb

 Handreikingen

1.      A. Carballo, H. Hamid, J. Lee ea (2006). A residents guide to the cultural formulation. In: R. Lim (ed). Clinical Manual of cultural psychiatry. P. 243-271. Washington: APA.

2.      S. Bäärnhielm, M. Scarpinati Rosso & L. Patty, (2007) Culture, context and psychiatric diagnosis. Interview manual for the Outline for a Cultural Formulation in DSM-IV. Stockholm: Transcultural Centre

3.      J. Mezzich, G. Caracci, H. Fabrega e.a. (2009) Cultural formulation guidelines. Transcultural Psychiatry, 46, 3, 383-405