Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION OF PSYCHIATRY
- PART II EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT
- PART III PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- PART IV PSYCHIATRIC THERAPEUTICS
- PART V NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND RELEVANT NEUROLOGIC CONDITIONS
- PART VI SPECIAL TOPICS
- 47 Suicide and Violence
- 48 Abuse and Neglect
- 49 Legal and Ethical Issues
- 50 Cultural and Social Psychiatry
- PART VII REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Bibliography
- Index
50 - Cultural and Social Psychiatry
from PART VI - SPECIAL TOPICS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION OF PSYCHIATRY
- PART II EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT
- PART III PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- PART IV PSYCHIATRIC THERAPEUTICS
- PART V NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND RELEVANT NEUROLOGIC CONDITIONS
- PART VI SPECIAL TOPICS
- 47 Suicide and Violence
- 48 Abuse and Neglect
- 49 Legal and Ethical Issues
- 50 Cultural and Social Psychiatry
- PART VII REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Cultural psychiatry, sometimes also termed cross-cultural psychiatry, studies the cultural and ethnic context of mental disorder. Issues of interest include epidemiology and clinical presentations of mental disorders in different cultures, the study of migrant populations and ethnic diversity within countries, and the appropriateness of psychiatric classifications to different cultures and ethnic groups.
The early concerns of cultural psychiatry were initiated from Colonial interest. Today, the process of globalization may encourage or even force people to adapt to the change of cultural norm and social acceptance to their traditional pattern of thoughts and behavior. The flexibility and strategy of adaption may play a crucial role in the manifestation and prognosis of mental illness.
Culture-bound syndromes are recurrent, culture- or locality-specific pattern of abnormality in inner experience and behavior. DSM-IV-TR provides an outline for cultural formulation and description of 25 culture-bound syndromes. Frequently mentioned culture-bound syndromes include
▶ Amafufanyane
▶ Amok
▶ Ataque de nervios
▶ Bilis and colera
▶ Boufée delirante
▶ Brain fag
▶ Dhat
▶ Falling-out or blacking out
▶ Ghost sickness
▶ Koro
▶ Latah
▶ Mal de ojo
▶ Pibloktoq
▶ Shenjing shuairuo
▶ Shen-k'uei or shenkui
▶ Susto
▶ Taijin kyofusho
▶ Zar
Social psychiatry refers to mental health in the context of communities and societies. Studies in social psychiatry concern the contribution of social factors to the development of illness, the social consequences of mental disorders, and the use of social resource for treatment and preventive measures.
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- Comprehensive Psychiatry Review , pp. 371 - 382Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009