HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Nosology, Mental Disorder
19 Dec 2016
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Are these just expressions of universal disorders with culture- specific content: could be general anxiety but its according to content/culture it is in. Where do these appear in the dsm: authentic vs. strange disorders. Cant think of mental health/illness without culture. Theorists have debated the extent to which psychiatry can truly be considered cross-cultural and universal. Some assume cross-cultural portability of psychiatric theory and practice: depression can be diagnosed but felt differently in other cultures, in india it is more somatic compared to us where its more based on feelings. Others devoted to advancing psychiatric anthropology as a scholarly discipline: mental illness is a deviant from a cultural set of norms and values which may or may not, disconnection between a person and their environment. Transcultural psychiatry tries and tackle the points of disagreements. Attempts to standardize approaches to treatment: pharma- Critics: remains highly biased toward the euro-american ideas- the.
