Impact of Culture on Psychiatric Diagnosis
pousette Farouk gaber;
Abstract
When over viewing human behavior , and standards of normality , deviation and abnormality of this behavior , we should widen our scope of vision to enclose different aspects sharing in the formulation of this behavior and thus behavioral anomalies and breakdowns , which are ultimately culturally shaped . specially as our society became more diverse and the world evolves into a global village .
Cultural considerations of different psychiatric illness is a growing need to outline different symptomatologies and variations in the language of expression of different sufferings of human beings in different cultures and ethnic groups .
As we discuss definitions and concepts of culture and throw the light on concepts of ethnicity , society and anthropology , it is important to understand how culture enhances and affect clinical psychiatry starting from interviewing the patient , understanding different ways of expression of different disorders , in order to reach appropriate diagnosis and treatment plans more congruent with the patient's cultural background .
An examination of psychiatric disorders in different cultural settings , suggests the existence of universal symptom pattern in major psychiatric disorders , what differs from culture to culture
.. is the cultural coloring of beliefs , delusions and behavioral
. pattern as well as differences in the kind , severity and location of pathogenic factors in various Western or Eastern countries .
What makes similar clinical syndromes in various cultures is
. that the major varieties of mental disorders represent characteristic human forms of maladaptive reaction to intolerable stress . They react to different forms of suffenngs and problems of life with anxiety and neurosis , the conversion symptoms of hysteria , inner retreat of Schizophrenia , hopeless
Cultural considerations of different psychiatric illness is a growing need to outline different symptomatologies and variations in the language of expression of different sufferings of human beings in different cultures and ethnic groups .
As we discuss definitions and concepts of culture and throw the light on concepts of ethnicity , society and anthropology , it is important to understand how culture enhances and affect clinical psychiatry starting from interviewing the patient , understanding different ways of expression of different disorders , in order to reach appropriate diagnosis and treatment plans more congruent with the patient's cultural background .
An examination of psychiatric disorders in different cultural settings , suggests the existence of universal symptom pattern in major psychiatric disorders , what differs from culture to culture
.. is the cultural coloring of beliefs , delusions and behavioral
. pattern as well as differences in the kind , severity and location of pathogenic factors in various Western or Eastern countries .
What makes similar clinical syndromes in various cultures is
. that the major varieties of mental disorders represent characteristic human forms of maladaptive reaction to intolerable stress . They react to different forms of suffenngs and problems of life with anxiety and neurosis , the conversion symptoms of hysteria , inner retreat of Schizophrenia , hopeless
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| Title | Impact of Culture on Psychiatric Diagnosis | Other Titles | تاثير البعد الحضارى فى تشخيص الاضطرابات النفسية | Authors | pousette Farouk gaber | Issue Date | 2002 |
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