HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Nosology
8 Dec 2016
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Ethnocentricity: are these really just non-western: product of particular group of people. Are differential rates due to diagnosing patterns or differences in real epidemiology: may have to do with genetics, environmental things, way people diagnose; perhaps on practitioner"s side and this may be where differences come from. Theorists have debated the extent to which psychiatry can truly be considered cross- cultural & universal. Some assume cross-cultural portability of psychiatric theory and practice: some assume you can take same disorders and apply them to any given cultural context. Transcultural psychiatry tries and tackle the points of disagreements. Aims to incorporate cultural understandings of illness into workable clinical practice. Critics: remains highly biased toward the euro-american ideas the americanization of. Mental illness. : globalization works to enforce western norm on all people across the globe. While who and wpa have tried to obtain consensus on diagnostic nosology and best practices", the non-western database remains very limited.
