Cultural and gender bias

Question 1

Malgady

Answer 1

• cultural
• symptoms of mental disorders are interpreted very differently in different cultures
• Costa Rican culture: hearing voices is considered special as it is interpreted as spirits talking to the individual

Question 2

Cotton

Answer 2

• gender
• women with schizophrenia seem to recover more and suffer less relapses in their lifetime

Question 3

Nasser et al

Answer 3

• gender
• much of early research was conducted with men only but general laws have been made

Question 4

Loring and Powell

Answer 4

• gender
• randomly selected 290 male and female psychiatrists to read two cases of patients and then diagnose the individuals
• patient described as male/ no information of gender: 56% gave diagnosis
• patient described as female: 20% gave diagnosis
• gender bias was less prominent in female psychiatrists