Psycho-Cultural Aspects of Naming Children

Cultural and Developmental Aspects of Values of Children

1 Summary In the first part. cross-cultural studies on vatues of children as retlected in parental heliefs, hehavior and parent-child relationships are discussed. Considerable differences between Japan and Germany are demonstrated which mainly concern the emotiomll quality of the mother-child relationship. Japanese as compared to German mothers showed more flexihle responsiveness across situati...

PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LEPROSY l

A smog of ignorance, fear, myth, and superstition surrounds the problem of leprosy. This often reduces the chances for early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and frequently affects the patient’s own mental attitude so as to sharply restrict his chances for ever resuming a useful, creative life. The present article describes these psycho-social implications and cites a number of ways in w...

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Fostering permanency of children in out-of-home care: psycho-legal aspects.

Over the past 20 years increasing interest has been given to children's rights that grant special protections to children living apart from their biological parents. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 was promulgated to prevent unnecessary removal of children from their original families and to ensure permanency when return to their families could not be secured. The psychiat...

Cultural aspects of telepsychiatry.

Telepsychiatry may involve working with clinicians, patients and systems of care that are both geographically and culturally distinct. In this context, culturally appropriate care is an important component of telepsychiatry. The outline for cultural formulation from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) provides general principles for addressing these issues. Two co...