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- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Clinical Epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Assessment, Formulation and Diagnosis
- Chapter 3.1 Clinical Features of Depressive Disorders
- Chapter 3.2 Causes of Depression
- Chapter 3.3 Drug and Physical Treatments of Depression
- Chapter 3.4 Psychological and Social Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4.1 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 4.2 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 5.1 Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychoses
- Chapter 5.2 Causes and Outcome of Psychosis
- Chapter 5.3 Drug Treatment of the Psychoses
- Chapter 5.4 Psychosocial Management of Psychosis
- Chapter 6.1 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6.2 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Chapter 6.3 Specific Phobias
- Chapter 6.4 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Chapter 6.5 Functional Neurological Disorder
- Chapter 6.6 Bodily Distress Disorder, Chronic Pain and Factitious Disorders
- Chapter 7.1 Clinical Features and Implications of New Classification of Personality Disorders
- Chapter 7.2 Clinical Approaches to Personality Disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs)
- Chapter 7.3 Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, and Non-substance Addictive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 9 Autism
- Chapter 10 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Chapter 11 Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry
- Chapter 12 Eating Disorders
- Chapter 13 Perinatal Psychiatry
- Chapter 14 Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 15 Suicide and Self Harm
- Chapter 16 Physical Health Care
- Chapter 17 Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses
- Chapter 18 Psychiatry in Primary Care
- Chapter 19 Psychiatry in the General Hospital
- Chapter 20 Adult Mental Health Services
- Index
- References
Chapter 17 - Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2024
- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Clinical Epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Assessment, Formulation and Diagnosis
- Chapter 3.1 Clinical Features of Depressive Disorders
- Chapter 3.2 Causes of Depression
- Chapter 3.3 Drug and Physical Treatments of Depression
- Chapter 3.4 Psychological and Social Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4.1 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 4.2 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 5.1 Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychoses
- Chapter 5.2 Causes and Outcome of Psychosis
- Chapter 5.3 Drug Treatment of the Psychoses
- Chapter 5.4 Psychosocial Management of Psychosis
- Chapter 6.1 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6.2 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Chapter 6.3 Specific Phobias
- Chapter 6.4 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Chapter 6.5 Functional Neurological Disorder
- Chapter 6.6 Bodily Distress Disorder, Chronic Pain and Factitious Disorders
- Chapter 7.1 Clinical Features and Implications of New Classification of Personality Disorders
- Chapter 7.2 Clinical Approaches to Personality Disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs)
- Chapter 7.3 Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, and Non-substance Addictive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 9 Autism
- Chapter 10 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Chapter 11 Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry
- Chapter 12 Eating Disorders
- Chapter 13 Perinatal Psychiatry
- Chapter 14 Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 15 Suicide and Self Harm
- Chapter 16 Physical Health Care
- Chapter 17 Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses
- Chapter 18 Psychiatry in Primary Care
- Chapter 19 Psychiatry in the General Hospital
- Chapter 20 Adult Mental Health Services
- Index
- References
Summary
Cultures are an integral part of a person’s life, and they influence an individual’s social and cognitive development. They can contribute to the onset, perpetuation and outcomes of many psychiatric illnesses. These have a major role in defining abnormal behaviours and deviance, but cultures can also heavily influence pathways to care by influencing explanatory models and resources. In addition, culture moulds an individual’s worldview. Cultures are incipient, with institutions of education, employment and training having their own microcultures. Individuals learn to navigate these multiple cultural and micro-identities in order to achieve their aims. The relationship between the culture and prevalence of various psychiatric disorders is complex. In recent times, for political and economic reasons, attitudes towards economic migrants as well as refugees and asylum seekers appear to have become more negative in high-income countries. Hence, it is important to recognise that cultures have relativist characteristics rather than universalist, though some features may be common in designing, developing and delivering services. The role of culture in mental illness is described in this chapter.
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- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry , pp. 699 - 725Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024