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Cultural Anxieties is a gripping ethnography about Centre Minkowska, a transcultural psychiatry clinic in Paris, France. From her unique position as both observer and staff member, anthropologist St�phanie Larchanch� explores the challenges of providing non-stigmatizing mental healthcare to migrants. In particular, she documents how restrictive immigration policies, limited resources, and social anxieties about the �other� combine to constrain the work of state social and health service providers who refer migrants to the clinic and who tend to frame “migrant suffering” as a problem of integration that requires cultural expertise to address. In this context, Larchanch� describes how staff members at Minkowska struggle to promote cultural competence, which offers a culturally and linguistically sensitive approach to care while simultaneously addressing the broader structural factors that impact migrants� mental health. Ultimately, Larchanch� identifies practical routes for improving caregiving practices and promoting hospitality�including professional training, action research, and advocacy.Typham this is the title: Cultural Anxieties Managing Migrant Suffering in France