HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Falun Gong, Serbsky Center, Arthur Kleinman
16 Dec 2014
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Office hrs: m,w 5-6 at kth 241 savellm@mcmaster. ca. Debate: are mental illnesses strictly biomedical conditions of socio-cultural constructions, debate highly charged if socio-cultural, does this mean that mental illness isn"t real? . Could both explanations work concurrently: can a mental illness be exported? . Thus many argue we need to pay more attention to culture: problematically, the dsm criteria is primarily designed by. Culture and experience: defines if behaviour is considered deviant. Hallucinations among aboriginal communities vs. non- aboriginal. Possession versus psychosis in latin america: content (i. e. fbi v kgb), expression of illnesses done in a culturally-accepted way. We know how to act crazy. : development of mental disorders. More mental illness found in n. ireland than england or. Culture and care: differential rates of particular illnesses . Depression 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 v supernatural), diagnostic bias.
