Identify the effect of culture on mental disorders and process of performing cultural and political assessments
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should include
- culture may cause distress and psychological problems
- culture might influence a person's reaction to stress
- culture may influence which symptoms of a disorder are expressed in the content of the symptoms
- culture may reinforce certain forms of mental disorder
- mental health professionals must overcome the language barrier if one exists, obtain information about a client's culture, be culturally sensitive, and be aware of cultural variations in psychological problems
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What will be an ideal response?
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