Emil Kraepelin, the father of modern western psychiatry, transformed the study of cultural differences in psychopathology. His journey began when his patients were unable to express their symptoms. Mental health has not been acknowledged as a crucial issue in the world until recently; it was assumed that all mental disorders were universal, across cultures. However, non-western methods argue otherwise. Professionals dominate the mental health field, which silenced the voices of those who opposed Western Methods. In fact, those who opposed Western methods were mostly minorities. Western methods are heavily reliant on the biological perspective of mental illness. For example, Klerman’s Credo included the following: psychiatry is a branch of
