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How Do We Consider Culture in Diagnosis and Treatment?
How Do We Consider Culture in Diagnosis and Treatment? Cultural variation (or the lack of cultural variation) in the occurrence and course of mental illness and in the presentation of psychiatric symptoms all have implications for treatment. Most importantly, they highlight aspects of psychotherapy and other psychiatric treatments that may require modification to be effective […]
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Does Culture Influence the Social and Psychological Impact of Mental Illness?
Does Culture Influence the Social and Psychological Impact of Mental Illness? Compared to work on the incidence and prevalence of mental illness across cultures, little research has examined how the personal and social impact of mental illness varies across cultures. This is somewhat surprising, given that societal and community responses to mental illness may have […]
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Do ‘‘Culture-Bound’’ Syndromes Exist?
Do ‘‘Culture-Bound’’ Syndromes Exist? Throughout this chapter, we referred to ‘‘culturebound syndromes,’’ or syndromes that are found only in one culture. By definition, culture-bound syndromes are more than variants of ‘‘universal’’ disorders and are determined by the specific beliefs and practices of a particular culture. Originally, ‘‘culture-bound’’ syndromes were limited to syndromes observed in nonWestern […]
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Does Culture Influence the Meaning of Mental Illness?
Does Culture Influence the Meaning of Mental Illness? Most of the research reviewed until now was conducted using translated Western instruments and classification systems by investigators who view mental illness from a biomedical perspective. Proponents of cultural idioms of distress perspectives argue that mental illness cannot be separated from the cultural context in which it […]
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