The sociocultural perspective, which was founded by Lev Vygotsky, uses a patient’s culture and background, rather than genetics and biology, to help determine the causes of their illness and to find a proper treatment based on the found information. For example, if the patient in a teen or young adult that is an alcoholic, research would go into their culture and how they were raised. Through talking with the patient it can be learned that the patient lives in the bad part of town and was raised by one parent who was never around to discipline and protect the child. The cause of the illness can then be found by questioning them and the use of cultural competence, understanding the issues of race, culture, and ethnicity, that there is a feeling
