I t is commonplace that one man's meat is another man's poison. Since the fact of cultural variability is well known, this paper will not attempt to catalogue the range of eating phenomena that illustrate the diversity of human experience. Rather, we will focus on three seemingly bizarre and to us almost unthinkable phenomena and attempt to illuminate the human function of each. We will conside...

Declaration of interest None. Postnatal depression affects between 10% and 15% of new mothers. It is associated with adverse consequences for the mother’s mental health and functioning (Kumar & Robson, 1984; Marks et al, 1992), with deterioration of the marital relationship and of the psychological health of the partner (Lovestone & Kumar, 1993; Ballard & Davies, 1996), and has an adverse longt...

Introduction. This study takes classifications of musical instruments from three different cultural regions to show that the model of knowledge organization in use is not appropriated for cultural integration. Method. The set of categories used for the analysed instruments have been taken from previous work of M. Kartomi and M. López-Huertas. Analysis. The selected categories have been processe...

Cultural variations in the expression of emotions have been described. Consequently, there are cross-cultural influences on the diagnosis and management of bipolar disorder. This article provides a review of the evidence regarding the main aspects of transcultural psychiatry and bipolar disorder.

Abstract Background Children are more vulnerable to adverse drug reactions (ADRs) due complex changes in the body during growth process and lack specific pharmacoepidemiologic studies. Causality Avoidability assessment of ADRs relevant clinical guidelines development pharmacovigilance. This study aimed translate transcultural adapt two new tools—Liverpool Assessment Tool (LCAT) Liverpool (LAAT)...