dear colleagues here are 2 references that detail the fallacy of the rather dated term 'caucasian'... 1) Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 32, No. 2, 212 (1995), Littlewood, RL: Regarding use of the term 'caucasian'. http://tps.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/32/2/212 2) The British Journal of Psychiatry, Oct 1991; 159: 588 - 589. Littlewood, RL: Ethnic nomenclature sushrut jadhav Dr Sushrut Jadhav MBBS, MD, MRCPsych., PhD Senior Lecturer in Cross-cultural Psychiatry, University College London. Hon. Consultant Psychiatrist, Focus Homeless Services, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust Lead Clinician, Cultural Consultation Service, C & I NHS Foundation Trust Co-Director, MSc in Culture and Health; Director, UCL-BALM Research Unit, BALM, Chennai, India Founding Editor, Anthropology & Medicine journal. Correspondence UCL Research Department of Mental Health Sciences Charles Bell House, 67 -73, Riding House Street London W1W 7EJ, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 9478/9292 (Academic), +44(0)20 7530 3734 (Clinical), Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 9028 Email: [log in to unmask] Academic: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slms/people/show.php?personid=11721 Journal: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13648470.html UCL-BALM Research Unit: <http://www.balm.in/html/ucl_collaporation.html>http://www.balm.in/html/ucl_collaporation.html