The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, (DSM-5) Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is a systematic, semi-structured interview developed to guide clinicians on conducting a cultural assessment in routine mental health settings. An international field trial with 318 patients, 75 clinicians, and 86 family members in 6 countries found the core version of the CFI ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of eating disorders in the non-Western world appears to be increasing and much research into the cross-cultural aspects of eating disorders is needed. This bibliometric study analyses the profile of cross-cultural studies into eating disorders published from 1970 through to 2011. RESULTS 1,417 articles were indexed by Medline and PsychInfo from 1970 to 2011. There ha...

It is common to note that social environment and cultural formation shape mental disorders. The details of this claim are, however, not well understood. The paper takes a look at the claim that culture has an impact on psychiatry from the perspective of metaphysics and the philosophy of science. Its aim is to offer, in a general fashion, partial explications of some significant versions of the ...

Contemporary psychiatry attempts to clarify etiological and pathogenetic aspects of a number of suspected “biological” disorders, like severe affective disorders and schizophrenia, primarily by means of biomedical methods. But there are phenomena like contents of delusions which cannot be easily explained by biological or allied socio-medical sciences. Although it is generally accepted knowledg...

today, the tourism industry is a major source of income for many countries. but the tourism as an economic activity mentioned before, is a cultural phenomenon in nature and the main attraction of tourism development as well. given the special vulnerability and fragility of cultural heritage, tourism development, in some cases, can cause damage to indigenous cultural patterns. this is in relatio...