HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Derealization, Sexual Dysfunction, Mania
19 Oct 2017
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Lecture 8 - culture, globalization, and mental illness. Culture and experience: de nes if behaviour is considered deviant. Hallucinations among first nations communities vs. non-indigenous. Possession versus psychosis in latin america: content. Fat phobia (or not) and eds (eating disorders: expression of illnesses - done in a culturally - accepted way. Panic attacks (aas- burning skin; caribbean - trembling; eas- dizziness; arab- fear of dying; prs- derealization). Some theorize less chance of as and narcissistic pd in collectivist cultures. Culture and care: differential rates of particular illnesses. Depressions more common in west, mania in developing world. Are these natural differences, e. g. effect of judeo- christian guilt: etiological & treatment models (e. g. medical vs supernatural), diagnostic bias. African americans and schizophrenia / mood disorders. African americans are over - or - under diagnosed in certain disorders: beyond care- issues of stigma, conceptualization of experience. Some theorize that culture-bound disorders may represent collections of symptoms from various dsm diagnoses.
