The diverse effects of culture on mental health and mental health services may be problematic to a psychologist. As a psychologist you might have patients from other cultures. This causes a barrier because cultures affects how people describe and present their symptoms. Culture also affects the meaning they convey with mental illness. The meaning of an illness refers to the attitudes a belief a culture hold about it, the sympathy it alls for, the stigma attached to it, its cause and what type of person carries it. Real consequences come from cultural meanings of illness, whether people seek treatment, how the deal with their symptoms, if their families and community is supportive, where the seek help, and how they respond to treatment. The
