Treatment
- Created by: bthnyrose
- Created on: 12-04-16 13:16
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- Some African-American patients find it difficult to speak with white therapists, some Asians feel uncomfortable talking about their emotions, and there are other culture-specific barriers to communication.
- Cross-Cultural Differences in Treatment
- Underlying concepts can cause issue - Western = feeling autonomous/accomplished. Self-confidence and control elements around them. Eastern = Like being part of a whole. Don't seek individual accomplishment - contribute to people and environment
- Treatment is hard as aetiology is different in different cultures
- Non-Western cultures stay away from more 'pharmaceutical treatments' could be good or bad. Good = explore other pathways and treatments. Bad = could be missing out
- Underlying concepts can cause issue - Western = feeling autonomous/accomplished. Self-confidence and control elements around them. Eastern = Like being part of a whole. Don't seek individual accomplishment - contribute to people and environment
- Underlying concepts can cause issue - Western = feeling autonomous/accomplished. Self-confidence and control elements around them. Eastern = Like being part of a whole. Don't seek individual accomplishment - contribute to people and environment
- Treatment is hard as aetiology is different in different cultures
- Cross-Cultural Differences in Treatment
- ICD-10 recognises culturally specific disorders - Advantage over DSM-5
- All groups rated CBT higher than PT.
Mexican-Americans rated therapy more positively than Whites regardless of modality.
- Example: Treatment of Depression and cultural factors
- There was a positive relationship between ethnicity and treatment choice
- Example: Treatment of Depression and cultural factors
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