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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Culturally-sensitive complaints of depressions and anxieties in women
Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 102, No. 1-3, Year 2007
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Background: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and constructs. "Cross-cultural sensitivity" emphasizes culturally-appropriate translations of symptoms and questions, assuming that concepts and constructs are applicable. Methods: Groups and individual psychiatrists from various cultures from Asia, Latin America, North Africa and Eastern Europe prepared descriptions of main symptoms and complaints of treatment-seeking women in their cultures, which are interpreted by clinicians as a manifestation of a clinically-relevant dysphoric disorder. They also transliterated the expressions of DSM IV criteria of main dysphoric disorders in their cultures. Results: In many non-western cultures the symptoms and constructs that are interpreted and treated as dysphoric disorders are mostly somatic and are different from the Western-centered DSM or ICD systems. In many cases the DSM and ICD criteria of depression and anxieties are not even acknowledged by patients. Limitations: The descriptive approach reported here is a preliminary step which involved local but Westernized clinicians-investigators following a biomedical thinking. It should be followed by a more systematic-comprehensive surveys in each culture. Conclusions: Westernized concepts and constructs of mental order and disorders are not necessarily universally applicable. Culturally-sensitive phenomena, treatments and treatment responses may be diversified. Attempts at their cross-cultural harmonization should take into consideration complex interactional multi-dimensional processes. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Halbreich, Uriel
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Alarcón, Renato Daniel
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Calil, Helena
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Douki, Saïda
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Gaszner, Peter
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Jadresic, Enrique
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Jasovic-Gasic, Miroslava
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Kadri, Nadia
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Kerr-Correa, Florence
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Patel, Vikram Harshad
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Sarache, Xarifa
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Trivedi, Jitendra K.
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Statistics
Citations: 96
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.033
ISSN:
01650327
Research Areas
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Participants Gender
Female