Cultural Differences in SZ Flashcards
What did Copeland’s research suggest?
This research suggests that there are cultural differences also play a large part in how Sz is seen and diagnosed - a major issue when it is considered that any illness should be universally agreed upon.
what was Copeland’s research?
gave UK and US psychiatrists a description of a patient, resulting in 69% of US psychiatrists diagnosing Sz comparing to 2% of UK ones.
What was Luhrmann’s research?
Was about cultural variations in symptoms. Ghanaian and Indian Szs reported the voices they heard as being friendly and helpful. None of the US Szs had this instead it was usually threats.
What did Harrison et al find?
African-Caribbean groups had an incidence level of 46.7/100000. Compared to white groups - 5.7/100000 (8 times higher). Could be down to ignorance of culture and racisim.
