BSci- 19A

Question 1

Define culture

Answer 1

a set of meanings, behavioral norms, and values used by members of a particular sociaty

Question 2

Define ethnicity

Answer 2

one’s identity with a group of people sharing common national or religious origins

Question 3

Define race

Answer 3

categorization of humans by identifiable physical, biological, and genetic qualities

Question 4

Define cultural psychiatry

Answer 4

discipline concerned with issues of culture, ethnicity and race and how they impact idioms of distress and treatment

Question 5

Define culture bound-syndromes

Answer 5

well-defined mental disorders indigenous to particular cultural groups

Question 6

Define idioms of distress

Answer 6

how a person/family understands/reacts to psych symptoms

Question 7

Cultural recommendations for starting medications

Answer 7

• ask about diet, smoking, herbal remedies (eg 3A4 and St. John’s Wort)
• include family members in discussion

Question 8

Name some potential mental health benefits of spirituality

Answer 8

• higher ability to cope with stress
• protection against suicide
• wider support group
• drawing strength from connection to God

Question 9

Name some potential mental health risks of spirituality

Answer 9

• possible rejection by religious community
• religious prescriptions may be too difficult to meet or too repressive
• beliefs or members may interfere with treatment

Question 10

Describe characteristics of semi-structured interview

Answer 10

• interviewer-based

- more consistent and comprehensive assessment

Question 11

Describe characteristics of highly structured interview

Answer 11

• respondent based

- used in research settings

Question 12

Uses/Types of rating scales

Answer 12

• screening: high sensitivity, lower specificity
• Diagnostics
• Outcome instrument