The Use of “Science” and “Scientific Language” in the DSM-5: Theoretical, Clinical, and Operative Implications for Health Professionals

Early Support for People Who Hear Voices: Exploratory Research on Family Medicine Physicians’ Clinical Practice and Beliefs

“…Considering the recent literature and the studies produced over several years about the phenomenon of hearing voices, it is possible to highlight how this experience is configured as a complex and multifaceted experience. It is also possible to point out how this is not a given reality but how it depends on the ways of knowing and the discourses put in place that help to define it [10,26,67,71]. In this sense, we can highlight the extent and impact on individuals' biographies of traditional medical and pathologizing views that attribute to the experience the exclusive meaning of a prodromal stage or as a symptom of psychopathology, as well as on the medical professions involved.…”

“…Likewise, social roles are delineated through the anticipations and expectations generated in the interactions. Therefore, because humans continuously interact with their surroundings, they are scientifically interested in the design process of themselves and of the world [69][70][71].…”

“…This study explores how family doctors configure the phenomenon of hearing voices, by studying the linguistic and discursive processes through which it is built [71]. Language is considered the generative matrix of reality, social roles, and personal identity, socially co-constructed and continuously renegotiated in the interaction with others [72].…”

The Invisible Discrimination: Biases in the Clinical Approach Regarding Migrants: A Study to Help Ethnopsychology Services and Clinicians

“…Words such as “immigrant”, “foreigner” and “culture” are no longer sufficient to capture the complexity of this process, which is produced by the continuous increase in migratory flows. Specifically, the use of these labels to refer to a wide range of situations, together with the human cognitive need to process the unknown as if it were already known [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], can have serious consequences in the context of clinical services provided to migrants. In the abovementioned context, the access of migrants or culturally different individuals to public health services is an issue that has provoked an increasing number of studies concerning cultural differences and the development of intervention programs ad hoc [ 10 ].…”