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Universalist perspective of mental health

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Many disorders have identical symptoms

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cultural relativism of mental health

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View that culture and psychopathy are intertwined

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Abnormality in mental health

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Disorders can be understood only in the cultural framework within they occur
- cautions against ethnocentrism

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Classification systems for mental disorders

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  • DSM
  • ICD
  • CCMD
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DSM

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
–> DSM V revised to include cultural concepts of distress (CCD) and cutural fromulation

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ICD

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International classification of diseases

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CCMD

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Chinese classification of mental disorders

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Three aspects of cultural understanding of mental health

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  • cultural syndromes of distress
  • cultural idioms of distress
  • cultural explanation of distress
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Cultural syndromes of distress

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Patterns of symptoms that tend to cluster together for individuals in specific cultural grooups, communities, or contexts

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Cultural idioms of distress

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Ways that communities and cultural groups communicate and express their distressing thoughts, behaviors and emotions

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Cultural explanations of distress

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What communities and cultural groups believe is the cause of the distress, symptoms, or illness

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Cross-cultural assessment tools for mental health

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  • questionnaires, interview protocols, or standardized tasks requiring behavioral response
  • play limited role in other cultures with varying definitions of abnormality
  • large scale comparatie studies often need local (emic) supplements
  • cultural backgrounds of both therapist and client
    –> perception + assessment
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Somatization
- mental health

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  • more prototypically collectivist cultures more somatization (physical symptoms/complaints)
  • more prototypically individualist cultures more psychologization (emotional symptoms/complants)
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Karabasan

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The way that people describe having a sleeping disorder in Turkey, sounds a lot like hallucinations. It is not, they describe like some ghost is sitting on top of them, but apparently, this is normalin Turkey when you talk about having a sleeping disorder

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Overpathologizing

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Considering behavior as pathological, when behavior is a normal variation for that individual’s culture

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Underpathologizing

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Indiscriminately seeing behavior as cultural, when behavior actually reflects abnormal psychological response

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Cross-cultural research of schizophrenia

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  • universal symptoms - lack of insight, auditory and verbal hallucinations, and ideas of reference
  • course of illness was more positive for patients in developing countries than developed countries
  • symptoms manifestation varies between countries
    –> Family and social interactions influence the course of schizophrenia
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Trends in mental health

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Relabeling and inclusiom of these manifestations in the mainstream diagnostic categories in the upcoming revisions of the diagnostic manual would pave way for a better understanding and management of these conditions
–> moving away from ‘culture-bound syndromes’ leads to cultural syndromes of distress

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African American minorities in mental health

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  • historical context
  • lower rates of depression
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Latino American minorities in mental health

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  • variety of Latino groups
  • Ethnic community vitality/strength
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Asian American minorities in mental health

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  • Heterogenous, low prevalence
  • model minority
    –> masking mental health issues
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Native American minorities in mental health

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  • Higher prevalence
  • Culture-loss
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Common mental health problems in immigrants and refugees

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  • intitial mental health issues lower than general population
  • prevalence of trauma
  • assessment and treatment benefit from interpreters and cultural brokers
  • mental health assessment should include trajectory
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Migration and mental health

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Prevalence rates of minorities =/= prevalence rates countries of origin&raquo_space; relevance of migration trajectories
- major shift: personal ties, socio-economic system, cultural system
- immigrants and refugees less likely than locals to access mental health services
- refugees particularly vulnerable

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Migration and mental health services
- communication - cultural narratives of symptoms and illness behaviors - family structure, acculturation, intergenerational conflict - receiving society's facilitation/hindrance of adaption
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Conclusion of minorities in mental health
- psychiatric diagnoses, classifcation schemes, and measurement of abnormality are complex and difficult issues - psychopathologies are influenced by culture in terms of: specific behavioral and contextual manifestations and the meaning of disorder to individuals - classification systems and assessment methods need to contain both etic and emic elements
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Psychotherapie for mental health
- western origin, focused on the individual - cognitive behavioral therapy: one of the most common therapies - what the person can do himself, very individuallistic approach - talking about the issues and processing your thoughts, how you make sense of things and self-awareness
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Cultural limitations in mental health treatment
therapy is bound to cultural framework - definition of abnormality - relevance of the self - knowledge/skills of therapist - what is success/functionality
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Role of the person in mental health treatment
- western psychotherapy applies everywhere - self-reflection/-awareness and introspection are universal - modification
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Exporting and modifying psychotherapy
- incorporating religion - engaging in family versus individual psychotherapie - meta-analysis: culturally modified psychotherapies more effictive than non-modified psychotherapy to treat depressive disorders - similar effects of (modified) CBT in ethnocultural groups in USA - cultural relativist position - psychotherapy was developed in a specific culture and cannot be exported to other cultures - universailst position - there are aspects of psychotherpay that are relevant for all people --> culturally sensitive (modified) psychotherapies are usefull
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Treatment of mental disorders
- Disparities between and within countries --> those in lower income countries are less likely to receive treatment than those in countries with mre economic resources --> same difference within one country, and mental health utilization and length of treatment differ by racial or ethnic group
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Treatment barries - mental disorders
- Language barriers: language proficiency affects the use of mental services - Stigma and mistrust: Emotions such as shame and loss of face is associated with mental health services - beliefs on health and illness: people are encouraged to rely on willpower to confront problems rather than relying on formal treatment - social structures and policies: lack of availability of mental health services, health insurance, and culturally competent services
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Removing barriers in mental health treatment
- barriers interact with racial or ethnic backgrounds, immigration status, and socioeconomic status - hire bilingual and bicultural staff - increasing outreach and practitioners in the communality - having flexible hours (multiple jobs) - reducing stigma (different per group)
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Treatment challanges
Particularly when therapist and client do not share linguistic/cultural background: --> cultural idioms of distress --> communication patterns - treatment expectations
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Matching therapist and client
- what is a match? - ehtnic matching critical for counselling, small effects for therapy - cognitive and cultural matching, communication skills more relevant - for culturally competent services
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Indigenous/tradition healing
- reliance on family and community - incorporation of traditional, spiritual, and religious beliefs - use of shamans in treatment
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James Gone's work with native Americans --> indigenous healing
- traditonal healing in the Native American community places emphasis on: Rank and status, role and protocol and relationship - indigenous healing serves as the foundation for incorporating other treatments
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The way forward in mental health
1. internal validity, comparisons, RCT 2. Go beyond the clinical field - include basic cultural psychology - some groups don't like positive feedback! 3. cultural competence of therapists 4. cultural competence = good outcomes? 5. cultural adaptions are not always good

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