Key Question (pack 4)

Question 1

What is the key question for clinical psychology?

Answer 1

How do attitudes towards mental health disorders vary cross-culturally?

Question 2

what are the three ways in which attitudes towards mental illness may differ between cultures?

Answer 2

1. The degree to which mental illness is stigmatised
2. explanations for mental illness
3. symptoms experienced

Question 3

Why are the differences in attitudes important?
HINT: four reasons

Answer 3

1. may influence whether someone is likely to seek help
2. may influence how likely someone is to adhere to treatment for mental illness
3. may influence the type of diagnosis given (unfamiliar to patients culture, may misdiagnose as they are displaying culture-specific symptoms)
4. They may influence the prognosis of the disorder

Question 4

What are three differences in the experience of having mental illness across different cultures?

Answer 4

1. differences in the amount of stigma faced by the person with mental illness
2. differences cultures may have different explanations for mental illness, e.g- biological
3. different cultures may experience different symptoms due to their different beliefs

Question 5

From what study was the statistic of 89% said people with mental illnesses were more prone to ridicule and discrimination

Answer 5

2016 study in Delhi when looking at stigma

Question 6

what does the national alliance on mental illness (2016) state about stigma?

Answer 6

8/10 workers say shame and stigma prevent them from seeking treatment for a mental health condition

Question 7

what study showed white believed in biological and non-white believed supernatural explanations more frequently as the causes of illness cross-culturally?

Answer 7

explanatory models of illness in schizophrenia
McCabe et al, British journal of psychiatry

Question 8

What does Cheon et al suggest about stigma associated between cultures?

Answer 8

Asians and Asian Americans typically have more negative attitudes towards mental illness than white Europeans

Question 9

What did Luhrmann find when looking at how culture may affect the type of symptoms they show?

Answer 9

types of auditory hallucinations
USA- more negative commands compared to other groups
India & Ghana- more likely to report rich relationships with their voices