H_D_FS 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 6 Years, Acculturation, Cultural Identity
29 Apr 2016
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Culture health and illness (gardiner & kosmitzki, chapter 9) = recurrent, locality-specific patterns of aberrant and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular. Japan: taijin-kyofu-sho syndrome (tks) = excessive fear and anxiety that a person will behave in a way that will embarrass or offend another person. Doctors can be unprepared to diagnose and treat culture-specific syndromes. Accurate assessments takes into account beliefs, values, and perceptions of the patient. Example of misdiagnosis in the book (cuban refugees) Clinical evaluations vary: difference in definitions between disease and illness behavior. Illness behavior: a psychological experience and the social expression of disease. Standard intelligence scales, minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi) Illness and chronic conditions for children, adolescence, and adults. Obesity: bodyweight that is 20% or more over recommended weight. Anorexia nervosa: loss of appetite and extreme weight loss. Bulimia nervosa: eating large amounts of food then purging. Fewer eating disorders in asian, middle east, south america, and african.
