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With increasing numbers of forensic cases that include mental health components, it is important to understand the cultures and contexts where mental health symptoms present. It is also imperative to understand the cultural contexts of patients within correctional systems for the practicing clinician. In this talk, Dr. Adi will present the basics of cultural psychiatry, explanatory models of illness, and the cultural formulation interview. Dr. Adi will then walk the attendees through some deidentified legal cases, as well as correctional cases, that illustrate these concepts, and present tips and tricks on how to effectively screen for cultural elements affecting mental health symptoms.