In the case of Marvin, he is a 45 years old African American male his cultural identity must be understood by the clinician and its impact properly evaluated. Building on a view mentioned in previous manuals, it develops more fully the idea that mental disorders may be influenced by cultural factors (Thakker, J., & Ward, T., 1988). It is helpful in any initial encounter with a patient to note the cultural identity of the individual, the individual's close family member’s own cultural explanations of the person's illness. In Marvin’s case, the wife gave second hand subjective information). His culture plays several roles in the diagnostic process and may have an influential pathogenic impact as triggers of psychopathology. Culture shapes mental
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The social stress was adding to pre-existing condition he had; such as being negative, pessimistic, downbeat and gloomy. These symptoms have gotten worse since he lost his job. The last component of culture variable that Marvin was displaying was culture bound; cultural bound syndromes are symptoms which only occur within specific cultures. To me culture bound is not as clear-cut as it might seem or I will like it to be, because culture can change (e.g., believes, religion, values). When culture changes, then the etiology can change. Despite inclusion of culture-bound syndromes in the DSM-IV, it was argued that there still appears to be an implicit assumption that the diagnostic …show more content…
Identity differences between client and clinician may cause biases, whereby difficulty with communication may influence diagnoses. Experiences of racism and discrimination hinder diagnosis because of mistrust. Misunderstanding also arises due to cultural differences of the diagnosis itself; influences the meanings that people convey about their illness, what the client is experiencing versus what the clinician thinks/sees. As a clinician, I will pay more attention to subjective information and symptoms presentation to gain more insight about
The social stress was adding to pre-existing condition he had; such as being negative, pessimistic, downbeat and gloomy. These symptoms have gotten worse since he lost his job. The last component of culture variable that Marvin was displaying was culture bound; cultural bound syndromes are symptoms which only occur within specific cultures. To me culture bound is not as clear-cut as it might seem or I will like it to be, because culture can change (e.g., believes, religion, values). When culture changes, then the etiology can change. Despite inclusion of culture-bound syndromes in the DSM-IV, it was argued that there still appears to be an implicit assumption that the diagnostic …show more content…
Identity differences between client and clinician may cause biases, whereby difficulty with communication may influence diagnoses. Experiences of racism and discrimination hinder diagnosis because of mistrust. Misunderstanding also arises due to cultural differences of the diagnosis itself; influences the meanings that people convey about their illness, what the client is experiencing versus what the clinician thinks/sees. As a clinician, I will pay more attention to subjective information and symptoms presentation to gain more insight about