Chapter 9: Culture, Ethnicity and Mental Health

Question 1

Racism

Answer 1

attitudes and behaviours among a population, in which social groups are treated as inferior or superior

Question 2

Ethnicity

Answer 2

common history, language, and rituals shared by a group of people that create a common identity

Question 3

Culture

Answer 3

a common heritage or set of beliefs, norms, values, etc that are adopted by a group of people

Question 4

acculturation

Answer 4

a person is being assimilated into a new culture different from what they grew up in

Question 5

How do young people acculturate?

Answer 5

common for them to acculturate faster which can lead to family conflict
improvements in communication has decreased some of the differences amongst cultures

Question 6

What is the healthy immigrant effect?

Answer 6

findings show that immigrants have a better health status than the general population born in a country

Question 7

immigrant

Answer 7

a person who choose to leave their country in hopes of starting a better one elsewhere

Question 8

refugee

Answer 8

a person who has to flee their country because it was unsafe

Question 9

Mental health of refugees

Answer 9

• experiences horrific violence, etc before coming to Canada
• need specialized services that focus on determination to survive

Question 10

Mental Health of Immigrants

Answer 10

• less likely to receive mental health treatment compared to majority groups
• reasons such as: differences in cultures, mistrust, fear or being judged, language barriers

Question 11

idioms of distress

Answer 11

people of different ethno cultural backgrounds have particular ways of experiencing and expressing emotional distress

Question 12

culture-bound symptoms

Answer 12

recognizable diseases only within a specific society or culture

Question 13

First nations

Answer 13

used in canada since the 1980s

more than 600 First Nations bands across canada

Question 14

Inuit

Answer 14

group of culturally similar Aboriginal people who live in the artic/subartic
lifestyle reflects their cold environment

Question 15

Metis

Answer 15

aboriginal and european mix

Question 16

statement of reconciliation

Answer 16

formal apology to the Indigenous people in 1988

Question 17

Aboriginal mental health problems

Answer 17

high rates of mental health problems

• highest youth suicide rate in Canada
• cultural dislocation or lack of family nurturance

Question 18

cultural safety

Answer 18

• term to emphasize the vulnerability of individuals receiving treatment in healthcare run by a dominant culture
• draws attention to the fact that people may feel unsafe

Question 19

decolonization

Answer 19

refers to a process where colonized people reclaim their traditional culture

Question 20

the process of decolonization

Answer 20

• learn how to learn
• understand forces of history
• discovering and understanding indigenous knowledge and values
• applying both indigenous and western world knowledge