A young adult male is selling artifacts at a local arts and crafts festival along with several members of his extended family who are from an island in Southeast Asia
He is brought to the community mental health center by the police for evaluation for involuntary admission for psychiatric intervention following an "incident" with a customer at the festival. He is accompanied by several members of his family. One of the police officers remarks, "The whole family is acting nuts." During your assessment, you determine that the family is very confused and puzzled as to why the incident occurred and why the police were called. This family most likely views the young man's behavior during the "incident" as: a. a form of mental illness that needs formal psychiatric treatment
b. unusual, eccentric behavior that should be managed independently by the family
c. normal behavior that is explained by their culture of origin
d. a response to stress that requires religious ritual cleansing to correct
C
The family views the young man's behavior as normal because they share the same culture and have an understanding of the context in which this behavior is considered appropriate. There is no universal definition for mental illness that spans across cultures. Behavior that may be considered extremely inappropriate, and perhaps a sign of mental illness, in one context and culture may be perfectly normal in another context or culture.
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