Cultural differences in mental health
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What is prevalence?
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How common a disorder is in a population.
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Two reasons rates differ between cultures?
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Real differences in people's lives, and differences in how cases are counted.
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Why can bodily distress be missed?
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Questionnaires built around sadness miss distress reported as pain or tiredness.
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How can therapy be adapted to a culture?
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Language, values, family role and a trusted helper.
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Etic or emic in prevalence studies?
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The same interview everywhere is etic; asking how people describe distress is emic.
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