Culture Flashcards
Cultural questions must choose what type of answer
cultural answer
How would you know if the question is a cultural question?
IF they state the patient’s culture, or place of origin or “immigrant”
Cultural expected response to a stressor does not mean that the patient
has a mental illness
if a patient from a specific culture is responding to a stressor similar to a mental illness it is important to understand the cultural meaning and context
cultural syndrome treatment
not necessary to always give medication- they can be offered brief supportive therapy (loss job or house)
Somatic complaints of pain “PCP couldn’t find any causes of my pain”
understand the cultural context of the “pain”
Cultural formulation interviews (3)
empowers the patient,
clarify meaning of illness
contextualize situation in local world
Native Americans can believe that mental illness and substance abuse is related to an imbalance between an individual and their relationship with the world
You want to respect their interpretation of what is causing their illness
What ethnic group in US with the highest rate of suicide and suicide attempts?
Native Americans
Healing stick
Native Americans believe that the healing stick has power to heal, so it is important to allow the client to keep the healing stick try to make accommodations for them
If cultural client wants you to release information to their traditional healer you can but first
must obtain clearance and informed consent
Serving a multicultural population, it is important to provide
multicultural teachings and ethnospecific assessment parameters
Symptoms of Susto
appetite disturbances, sleep disturbances, sadness, lack of motivation, feeling low self worth
Susto
common folk illness seen in latino populations resulting from shocking, unpleasant, frightening experience believed to cause the soul to leave the body
Ataque de nervios
Puerto rican syndrome
attack of nerves
uncontrollable shouting attacks of crying trembling, verbal physical aggression
Mal de Ojo
Evil eye
fatigue headache weight loss exhaustion malaise
