The role of culture in a theory of psychiatric illness

Culture, Psychiatry and Cultural Competence

“…In recent decades the horizon of psychiatry, rather mental health and wellbeing has broadened to an unprecedented extent because of many challenging and fascinating inputs from medical geography (Holley, 1998; and ecology (Carey, 1970;Gadit, 2009), medical sociology (Rogers & Pilgrim, 2010;Cook & Wright, 1995), medical anthropology (Kleinman, 1988;Fabrega, 1992;Gaines, 1992), psychology and neurosciences. There is a significant change in the medical ethics of therapeutic system and procedures with more focus on human rights, race relation and equality and diversity, and immigration health within a national standards and legal framework.…”

Culture, Psychiatry and Cultural Competence

“…In recent decades the horizon of psychiatry, rather mental health and wellbeing has broadened to an unprecedented extent because of many challenging and fascinating inputs from medical geography (Holley, 1998; and ecology (Carey, 1970;Gadit, 2009), medical sociology (Rogers & Pilgrim, 2010;Cook & Wright, 1995), medical anthropology (Kleinman, 1988;Fabrega, 1992;Gaines, 1992), psychology and neurosciences. There is a significant change in the medical ethics of therapeutic system and procedures with more focus on human rights, race relation and equality and diversity, and immigration health within a national standards and legal framework.…”

The Evolving Culture Concept in Psychiatric Cultural Formulation: Implications for Anthropological Theory and Psychiatric Practice

“…DSM-IV inherited intellectual trends from the cultural anthropology of the 1970s and 1980s that dichotomized nature and culture rather than studying their interrelations and overemphasized monolithic beliefs and behaviors within unfamiliar communities that minimized internal differences (Khan 2017). Members of the NIMH Group appreciated the need to examine cultural, biological, and environmental interrelationships, observing that DSM-IV categories were organized according to hypothesized biological dysfunctions that were still unproven but nevertheless assumed to be universal with differing manifestations of symptoms across societies (Fabrega Jr. 1992). The APA Task Force on DSM-IV propagated this universality in having DSM-IV's editors delete information on cultural differences related to epidemiology, symptoms, illness course, and treatment response for specific disorders (Kleinman 1997).…”

Intimate Partner Jealousy and Femicide Among Former Ethiopians in Israel

“…Among immigrants in general and Ethiopian immigrants in particular, there is documentation of psychological disturbance after immigration, manifested as clinical depression, culture-related psychosomatic illness, suicidal behavior, and even sexual impotence (Anderman, 1996; Edelstein, 2000; Fabrega, 1992; Giel, 1986; Grisaru, 2010; Grisaru, & Witztum, 1995; Paz & Almog, 2010; Williams, & Berry, 1991). The theoretical and empirical literature links acculturation stress to different psychological phenomena.…”

Culture, Psychiatry and Cultural Competence

“…In recent decades the horizon of psychiatry, rather mental health and wellbeing has broadened to an unprecedented extent because of many challenging and fascinating inputs from medical geography (Holley, 1998; and ecology (Carey, 1970;Gadit, 2009), medical sociology (Rogers & Pilgrim, 2010;Cook & Wright, 1995), medical anthropology (Kleinman, 1988;Fabrega, 1992;Gaines, 1992), psychology and neurosciences. There is a significant change in the medical ethics of therapeutic system and procedures with more focus on human rights, race relation and equality and diversity, and immigration health within a national standards and legal framework.…”

The Evolving Culture Concept in Psychiatric Cultural Formulation: Implications for Anthropological Theory and Psychiatric Practice

“…DSM-IV inherited intellectual trends from the cultural anthropology of the 1970s and 1980s that dichotomized nature and culture rather than studying their interrelations and overemphasized monolithic beliefs and behaviors within unfamiliar communities that minimized internal differences (Khan 2017). Members of the NIMH Group appreciated the need to examine cultural, biological, and environmental interrelationships, observing that DSM-IV categories were organized according to hypothesized biological dysfunctions that were still unproven but nevertheless assumed to be universal with differing manifestations of symptoms across societies (Fabrega Jr. 1992). The APA Task Force on DSM-IV propagated this universality in having DSM-IV's editors delete information on cultural differences related to epidemiology, symptoms, illness course, and treatment response for specific disorders (Kleinman 1997).…”

Intimate Partner Jealousy and Femicide Among Former Ethiopians in Israel

“…Among immigrants in general and Ethiopian immigrants in particular, there is documentation of psychological disturbance after immigration, manifested as clinical depression, culture-related psychosomatic illness, suicidal behavior, and even sexual impotence (Anderman, 1996; Edelstein, 2000; Fabrega, 1992; Giel, 1986; Grisaru, 2010; Grisaru, & Witztum, 1995; Paz & Almog, 2010; Williams, & Berry, 1991). The theoretical and empirical literature links acculturation stress to different psychological phenomena.…”

Culture, Psychiatry and Cultural Competence

“…In recent decades the horizon of psychiatry, rather mental health and wellbeing has broadened to an unprecedented extent because of many challenging and fascinating inputs from medical geography (Holley, 1998; and ecology (Carey, 1970;Gadit, 2009), medical sociology (Rogers & Pilgrim, 2010;Cook & Wright, 1995), medical anthropology (Kleinman, 1988;Fabrega, 1992;Gaines, 1992), psychology and neurosciences. There is a significant change in the medical ethics of therapeutic system and procedures with more focus on human rights, race relation and equality and diversity, and immigration health within a national standards and legal framework.…”

The Evolving Culture Concept in Psychiatric Cultural Formulation: Implications for Anthropological Theory and Psychiatric Practice

“…DSM-IV inherited intellectual trends from the cultural anthropology of the 1970s and 1980s that dichotomized nature and culture rather than studying their interrelations and overemphasized monolithic beliefs and behaviors within unfamiliar communities that minimized internal differences (Khan 2017). Members of the NIMH Group appreciated the need to examine cultural, biological, and environmental interrelationships, observing that DSM-IV categories were organized according to hypothesized biological dysfunctions that were still unproven but nevertheless assumed to be universal with differing manifestations of symptoms across societies (Fabrega Jr. 1992). The APA Task Force on DSM-IV propagated this universality in having DSM-IV's editors delete information on cultural differences related to epidemiology, symptoms, illness course, and treatment response for specific disorders (Kleinman 1997).…”

Intimate Partner Jealousy and Femicide Among Former Ethiopians in Israel

“…Among immigrants in general and Ethiopian immigrants in particular, there is documentation of psychological disturbance after immigration, manifested as clinical depression, culture-related psychosomatic illness, suicidal behavior, and even sexual impotence (Anderman, 1996; Edelstein, 2000; Fabrega, 1992; Giel, 1986; Grisaru, 2010; Grisaru, & Witztum, 1995; Paz & Almog, 2010; Williams, & Berry, 1991). The theoretical and empirical literature links acculturation stress to different psychological phenomena.…”