BACKGROUND Although there is some evidence of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) construct's cross cultural validity, trauma-related disorders may vary across cultures, and the same may be true for treatments that address such conditions. Experienced therapists tailor psychotherapy to each patient's particular situation, to the nature of the patient's psychopathology, to the stage of ther...

BACKGROUND The use of similar standardised measures of psychopathology for population surveys permits cross-cultural comparisons. However, interpretation of findings can be challenging because rating thresholds may differ across cultures. By combining questionnaire and interview data, we explore whether lower questionnaire scores in Norway as compared to Britain reflect genuine differences in c...

AIM This paper reports a study of (a) popular conceptions of mental illness throughout history, (b) how current social and cultural knowledge about mental illness influences Chinese-Australian patients' and caregivers' understanding of mental illness and the consequences of this for explaining and labelling patients' problems. BACKGROUND According to traditional Chinese cultural knowledge abo...

Introduction Disorders of Feeding and Eating Overview of Feeding and Eating Mechanics Feeding Phases Linking Feeding and Developmental Milestones Defining Feeding and Eating Disorders Disorders of Feeding Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder The Context of Feeding and Eating Caregiver and Infant Interaction The Physical Environment Cultural Context Sensory and Motor Aspects of Feeding Oral Sensory ...

This article examines how widely shared cultural values shape social problem construction and, in turn, can reproduce social inequality. To do so, we draw on a comparative case study of American news reporting on eating disorders and overweight/obesity between 1995 and 2005. In the contemporary United States, thinness is associated with high social status and taken as evidence of moral virtue. ...

In this paper anthropology and psychiatry are defined as well as their scientific area, their methods and research objectives; the high level of their mutual thematic and methodological complementarity has been emphasized. The sociocultural factors which are inherent in the area of cultural anthropology can affect mental health in a number of ways: by forming a certain personality type that is ...

Anxiety disorders are understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated in African Americans. Research focused on the phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of anxiety in African Americans has been hampered by lack of inclusion of this population in clinical research studies. The reason for exclusion is not well understood, although cultural mistrust has been hypothesized as a major barrier to res...

There has been growing recognition in the field of communication disorders concerning the importance of multicultural and diversity issues. This discussion needs to move beyond the theoretical and descriptive stage to the clinical use of this knowledge to improve the communicative functioning of diverse populations. This paper argues that the tenets of evidence-based practice and the Internatio...