The Culture Bound Syndromes

Author : Ronald C. Simons,C.C. Hughes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400952515

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The Culture-Bound Syndromes by Ronald C. Simons,C.C. Hughes Pdf

In the last few years there has been a great revival of interest in culture-bound psychiatric syndromes. A spate of new papers has been published on well known and less familiar syndromes, and there have been a number of attempts to put some order into the field of inquiry. In a review of the literature on culture-bound syndromes up to 1969 Yap made certain suggestions for organizing thinking about them which for the most part have not received general acceptance (see Carr, this volume, p. 199). Through the seventies new descriptive and conceptual work was scarce, but in the last few years books and papers discussing the field were authored or edited by Tseng and McDermott (1981), AI-Issa (1982), Friedman and Faguet (1982) and Murphy (1982). In 1983 Favazza summarized his understanding of the state of current thinking for the fourth edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, and a symposium on culture-bound syndromes was organized by Kenny for the Eighth International Congress of Anthropology and Ethnology. The strong est impression to emerge from all this recent work is that there is no substantive consensus, and that the very concept, "culture-bound syndrome" could well use some serious reconsideration. As the role of culture-specific beliefs and prac tices in all affliction has come to be increasingly recognized it has become less and less clear what sets the culture-bound syndromes apart.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015054173375

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Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dinesh Bhugra,Kamaldeep Bhui
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781316628508

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Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry by Dinesh Bhugra,Kamaldeep Bhui Pdf

The textbook offers comprehensive understanding of the impact of cultural factors and differences on mental illness and its treatment.

Author : Freddy A. Paniagua,Ann-Marie Yamada
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780123978127

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Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health by Freddy A. Paniagua,Ann-Marie Yamada Pdf

The Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health, Second Edition, discusses the impact of cultural, ethnic, and racial variables for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, service delivery, and development of skills for working with culturally diverse populations. Intended for the mental health practitioner, the book translates research findings into information to be applied in practice. The new edition contains more than 50% new material and includes contributions from established leaders in the field as well as voices from rising stars in the area. It recognizes diversity as extending beyond race and ethnicity to reflect characteristics or experiences related to gender, age, religion, disability, and socioeconomic status. Individuals are viewed as complex and shaped by different intersections and saliencies of multiple elements of diversity. Chapters have been wholly revised and updated, and new coverage includes indigenous approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and physical disorders; spirituality; the therapeutic needs of culturally diverse clients with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities; suicide among racial and ethnic groups; multicultural considerations for treatment of military personnel and multicultural curriculum and training. Foundations-overview of theory and models Specialized assessment in a multicultural context Assessing and treating four major culturally diverse groups in clinical settings Assessing and treating other culturally diverse groups in clinical settings Specific conditions/presenting problems in a cultural context Multicultural competence in clinical settings

Author : Brian A. Sharpless
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190245863

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Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders by Brian A. Sharpless Pdf

Many fascinating and important psychological disorders are either omitted from our current diagnostic systems or rarely covered during graduate or medical training. As a result, most mental health students and trainees are never taught to identify, diagnose, or treat them. This lack of attention has real-world consequences not only for patients, but for basic science as well. Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders collects and synthesizes the scientific and clinical literatures for 21 lesser-known conditions. The coverage is broad, ranging from exploding head syndrome and koro to body integrity identity disorder and persistent genital arousal disorder. All chapters follow a uniform structure and introduce each disorder with a vivid clinical vignette. After discussing the historical and cultural contexts for the disorder, authors describe the typical symptoms, associated features, current role in diagnostic systems (if any), and etiologies. Clinically relevant information on assessment and differential diagnosis is also provided. Finally, authors review the treatment options and suggest future directions for research. This unique and engaging volume will not only be a useful resource for researchers and clinicians who already possess expertise in the more well-known manifestations of psychopathology, but it will also be of interest to students and trainees in the mental health professions.

Author : Frank Bures
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781612193731

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The Geography of Madness by Frank Bures Pdf

Why do some men become convinced—despite what doctors tell them—that their penises have, simply, disappeared. Why do people across the world become convinced that they are cursed to die on a particular date—and then do? Why do people in Malaysia suddenly “run amok”? In The Geography of Madness, acclaimed magazine writer Frank Bures investigates these and other “culture-bound” syndromes, tracing each seemingly baffling phenomenon to its source. It’s a fascinating, and at times rollicking, adventure that takes the reader around the world and deep into the oddities of the human psyche. What Bures uncovers along the way is a poignant and stirring story of the persistence of belief, fear, and hope.

Author : Robert L. Winzeler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521472199

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Latah in South-East Asia by Robert L. Winzeler Pdf

A critical reassessment of latah, the Malayan hyperstartle pattern, and 'culture-bound syndrome'.

Author : Cringuta Irina Pelea
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000982787

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Culture-Bound Syndromes in Popular Culture by Cringuta Irina Pelea Pdf

This volume explores culture-bound syndromes, defined as a pattern of symptoms (mental, physical, and/or relational) experienced only by members of a specific cultural group and recognized as a disorder by members of those groups, and their coverage in popular culture. Encompassing a wide range of popular culture genres and mediums – from film and TV to literature, graphic novels, and anime – the chapters offer a dynamic mix of approaches to analyze how popular culture has engaged with specific culture-bound syndromes such as hwabyung, hikikomori, taijin kyofusho, zou huo ru mo, sati, amok, Cuban hysteria, voodoo death, and others. Spanning a global and interdisciplinary remit, this first-of-its-kind anthology will allow scholars and students of popular culture, media and film studies, comparative literature, medical humanities, cultural psychiatry, and philosophy to explore simultaneously a diversity of popular cultures and culturally rooted mental health disorders.

Author : Vikram Patel,Harry Minas,Alex Cohen,Martin Prince
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199920181

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Global Mental Health by Vikram Patel,Harry Minas,Alex Cohen,Martin Prince Pdf

This is the definitive textbook on global mental health, an emerging priority discipline within global health, which places priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.

Author : A. Kleinman,T.Y. Lin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401749862

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Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture by A. Kleinman,T.Y. Lin Pdf

Our purpose in assembling the papers in this collection is to introduce readers to studies of normal and abnormal behavior in Chinese culture. We want to offer a sense o/what psychiatrists and social scientists are doing to advance our under standing of this subject, including what fmdings are being made, what questions researched, what conundrums worried over. Since our fund of knowledge is obviously incomplete, we want our readers to be aware of the limits to what we know and to our acquisition of new knowledge. Although the subject is too vast and uncharted to support a comprehensive synthesis, in a few areas - e. g. , psychiatric epidemiology - enough is known for us to be able to present major reviews. The chapters themselves cover a variety of themes that we regard as both intrinsically interesting and deserving of more systematic evaluation. Many of the issues they address we believe to be valid concerns for comparative cross cultural studies. No attempt is made to artificially integrate these chapters, since the editors wish to highlight their distinctive interpretive frameworks as evidence of the rich variety of approaches that scholars take to this subject. 'We see this volume as a modest and self-consciously limited exploration. Here are some accounts and interpretations (but by no means all) of normal and ab normal behavior in the context of Chinese culture that we believe fashion a more discriminating understanding of at least a few important aspects of that subject.

Author : Juan E. Mezzich,Giovanni Caracci
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0765704897

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Cultural Formulation by Juan E. Mezzich,Giovanni Caracci Pdf

The publication of the Cultural Formulation Outline in the DSM-IV represented a significant event in the history of standard diagnostic systems. It was the first systematic attempt at placing cultural and contextual factors as an integral component of the diagnostic process. The year was 1994 and its coming was ripe since the multicultural explosion due to migration, refugees, and globalization on the ethnic composition of the U.S. population made it compelling to strive for culturally attuned psychiatric care. Understanding the limitations of a dry symptomatological approach in helping clinicians grasp the intricacies of the experience, presentation, and course of mental illness, the NIMH Group on Culture and Diagnosis proposed to appraise, in close collaboration with the patient, the cultural framework of the patient's identity, illness experience, contextual factors, and clinician-patient relationship, and to narrate this along the lines of five major domains. By articulating the patient's experience and the standard symptomatological description of a case, the clinician may be better able to arrive at a more useful understanding of the case for clinical care purposes. Furthermore, attending to the context of the illness and the person of the patient may additionally enhance understanding of the case and enrich the database from which effective treatment can be planned. This reader is a rich collection of chapters relevant to the DSM-IV Cultural Formulation that covers the Cultural Formulation's historical and conceptual background, development, and characteristics. In addition, the reader discusses the prospects of the Cultural Formulation and provides clinical case illustrations of its utility in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Book jacket.

Author : Lena Andary,Yvonne Stolk,Steven Klimidis
Publisher : Australian Academic Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781875378401

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Assessing Mental Health Across Cultures by Lena Andary,Yvonne Stolk,Steven Klimidis Pdf

We live in a multicultural society, yet how well do we understand the differences that exist across cultures and how they may impact on mental health and mental health assessment? Assessing Mental Health Across Cultures provides a framework for mental health professionals and students to obtain an in-depth understanding of a client whose cultural background is different to their own. The book uses a combination of theoretical discussion and case examples set in the context of Australia's multicultural society. Chapter titles include: Issues and Dilemmas in Diagnosis Across Cultures Cultural Values, the Sense of Self and Psychiatric Assessment Expression and Communication of Distress Across Cultures Issues in Translating Mental Health Terms Across Cultures Crosscultural Beliefs about Illness Negotiating Explanatory Models

Author : J. Martin Maldonado-Duran,Andrés Jiménez-Gómez,Maria X. Maldonado-Morales,Felipe Lecannelier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030234409

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Clinical Handbook of Transcultural Infant Mental Health by J. Martin Maldonado-Duran,Andrés Jiménez-Gómez,Maria X. Maldonado-Morales,Felipe Lecannelier Pdf

This handbook provides a review of relevant topics concerning the interface between culture and mental health, with a particular focus on child-rearing practices and transcultural issues in the perinatal period, infancy, and early childhood. It discusses how to work with infants and families from diverse backgrounds and addresses the most common issues that medical and mental health experts may encounter when working with individuals from other cultures. Chapters examine the considerable range of child-rearing strategies and how families from various cultural groups approach issues such as infant sleep, feeding practices, and care during pregnancy. In addition, chapters address conditions that are seen mostly within a particular sociocultural context and are “culture bound” syndromes or states. The handbook concludes with the editors’ recommendations for future research directions. Topics featured in this handbook include: Prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping within the clinical field. Cultural responses to infant crying and irritability. Cultural issues in response to chronic conditions and malformations in infancy. The healthy immigrant effect. The use of folk and traditionally therapeutic remedies. The Clinical Handbook of Transcultural Infant Mental Health is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians and related professionals, and graduate students in infancy and early child development, child and school psychology, pediatrics, social work, obstetrics, and nursing.

Author : Malcolm MacLachlan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470035689

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Culture and Health by Malcolm MacLachlan Pdf

Most Western health professionals practice in multicultural societies. The influence of culture on illness, health and rehabilitation is therefore very important. Despite this, most lower level health psychology texts skim over these differences and assume our traditional biomedical approach will be appropriate for all. In this completely revised and updated edition of a groundbreaking book, Malcolm MacLachlan redresses the balance by showing how social and cultural aspects interact with the purely physical: from assessment and treatment all the way through to effects on rehabilitation.

Author : Paul Emmelkamp,Thomas Ehring
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1442 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118775356

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The Wiley Handbook of Anxiety Disorders by Paul Emmelkamp,Thomas Ehring Pdf

This state-of-the-art Handbook on the research and treatment of anxiety and related disorders is the most internationally and clinically oriented Handbook currently available, encompassing a broad network of researchers, from leading experts in the field to rising stars. The very first handbook to cover anxiety disorders according to the new DSM-5 criteria Published in two volumes, the International Handbook provides the most wide-ranging treatment of the state-of-the-art research in the anxiety disorders Offers a truly international aspect, including authors from different continents and covering issues of relevance to non-Western countries Includes discussion of the latest treatments, including work on persistence of compulsions, virtual reality exposure therapy, cognitive bias modification, cognitive enhancers, and imagery rescripting Covers treatment failures, transdiagnostic approaches, and includes treatment issues for children as well as the older population Edited by leaders in the field, responsible for some of the most important advances in our understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders 2 Volumes