Module 5
Primary Study Guide
University of South Alabama
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1. Define culture. zx
ross generations. Culture includes language, rel i
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gion and spirituality, family structures, life-
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cycle stages, ceremonial rituals, customs, and ways of understanding
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health and illness, as well as moral, political, economic, and legal systems. Cultures ar
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e open, zx
dynamic systems that undergo continuous change over time; in the conte m zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
porary world, most individuals and groups are exposed to multiple cultural contexts
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, which they use to fashion their
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own identities and make sense of experience. This pr zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
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making derives from developmental and everyday social experiences in specific cont e
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xts, including health care, which may vary for each individual. Much of culture invol ves
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background knowledge, values, and assumptions that remain implicit or presum ed an zx zx zx z x zx zx zx WS zx zx zx
d so may be difficult for individuals to describe. These features of culture make it crucia
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l not to overgeneralize cultural information or stereotype groups in terms of fi xed cultur
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al traits. In relation to diagnosis, it is essential to recognize that all forms of illness and d
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istress, including the DSM disorders, are shaped by cultural contexts.
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Culture influences how individuals fashion their identities, as well as how they interpret an d
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2. Define ethnicity. Ethnicity is a culturally constructed group identity used to define peoples and com
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munities. It may b e rooted in WS WS zx zx zx zx
a common history, ancestry, geography, language, religion, or other shared characteri sti
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cs of a group, which
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assigned or attributed by outsiders. Increasing zx zx zx zx zx
mobility, intermarriage, and intermixing of cultural g zx zx zx zx zx zx
roups have defined new mixed, multiple, or hybrid ethnic
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identities. These processes may also le ad to the dilu zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
tion of ethnic identification.
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3. What does culture refer to in the Cultural Formation Interview (CFI)?
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● The processes through which individuals assign meaning to experience, drawing from the v
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alues,
orientations, knowledge, and practices of the diverse social groups (e.g., ethnic gr zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
oups, faith groups, zx zx
occupational groups, veterans’groups) and communities in which t hey participate. zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
● Aspects of individuals’background, developmental experiences, and current social context s zx zx x
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and position that affect their perspective, such as age, gender, social class, geographi zx WS WS zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
c origin, migration, language, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or ethnic or racialize
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● The influence of family, friends, and other community members (particularly, the individual’ s s
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ocial network) on the individual’s illness experience. zx zx zx zx zx
● The cultural background of the health care providers and the values and assumptions embe dd
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ed in the organization and practices of health care systems and institutions that may aff ect t
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he clinical interaction. zx z x z x
4. Identify the components of culture. zx zx zx zx
5. What are culture syndromes? zx zx zx
Cultural syndromes are clusters of symptoms and attributions that tend to co-
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occur among individuals in zx zx zx
specific cultural groups, communities, or contexts and that are re c zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
ognized locally as coherent patterns of zx experience. zx zx zx zx
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6. What is altruism? zx zx
Altruism is a secular term referring to a selfless obligation of benevolence, respect, and caring for hu ma
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, nkind,
all living creatures, and the environment. Philanthropists and those who selflessly feed t he
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hungry, clothe the
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naked, preserve and improve the environment, shelter the homeless, care f or the sick, pr
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otect the defenseless,
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assist the weak, and enlighten the uneducated rightfully feel t hat they have accrued spirit
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ual merits for their
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7. Define culture.
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, Culture is defined as a set of meanings, norms, beliefs, values, and behavior patterns shared by a g rou
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people. These values include social relationships, language, nonverbal expression of thoug hts zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
and emotions,
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moral and religious beliefs, rituals, technology, and economic beliefs and practi ces, among o zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
ther items. zx
8. Discuss the relationship between race and physiognomy. zx zx zx zx zx zx
Race is a concept that entails people being grouped primarily by physiognomy.Although the scientific vali
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dity
of the concept is now considered highly questionable, its impact on individuals and group s,
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however, is intense, zx zx
due to its reference to physical, biological, and genetic underpinnings, and because of the int zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx WS zx zx zx zx zx
ensely emotional meanings and responses it generates.
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9. What are models of mental illness? zx zx zx zx zx
10. What factors comprise cultural identity? zx zx zx zx
Cultural identity refers to the characteristics shared by a person’s cultural group. Identity allows f or
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a self- zx
definition. Factors that comprise an individual’s cultural identity include race, ethnicity, country of o rigi
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n, language use, religious and tradition-
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nourished beliefs, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, migration history, experience of accult ur
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ation, and the degree of affiliation with the individual’s group of origin. Cultural identity emerges t hrou
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ghout the individual’s life and in social context. It is not a fixed trait of an individual or of
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which the individual is part. An individual may have several cultural reference groups.
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Evaluating the cultural identity of the patient allows identification of potential areas of strength an d s zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
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that may enhance treatment effectiveness, as well as vulnerabilities that may interfere w ith zx zx zx WS zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
the progress of treatment. Eliciting these data permits identification of unresolved cultural conflic ts tha
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t may be addressed during treatment. These conflicts can be between the various aspects of the patie
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nt’s identity and between traditional and mainstream cultural values, as well as behavioral expectation
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s affecting the individual.
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Knowledge of the patient’s cultural identity allows the clinician to avoid misconceptions based on ina de
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quate
background information or stereotypes related to race, ethnicity, and other aspects of cul tur zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
al identity. In zx zx
addition, it assists in building rapport because the clinician is attempting to under stand the zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
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11. What three concepts assist in a culturally competent evaluation?
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Cultural Syndrome defined as a cluster or group of cooccurring symptoms found in a specific cultural gro
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up,
community, or context. The syndrome may or may not be recognized as an illness within t he zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
culture (e.g., it zx zx
might be labeled differently) but may nevertheless occur and be recognized by a n outside obs zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
erver. DSM-5 includes in its Appendix, nine more or less well-
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delineated cultural syndromes (Ataque de nervios, Dhat, syndrome, Khyâl cap, Kufungisisa, Malad i
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moun, Nervios, Shenjing shuairuo, Susto and Tajin kyofusho), that are connected to conditions in oth
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er cultural contexts and specific diagnoses in DSM-5.
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Cultural Idiom of Distress is a linguistic term, phrase or way of talking about suffering, shared w ith
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other people from the same culture (i.e., ethnicity, religion, community) and used to express, c omm
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unicate, or comment on distress in general. An idiom of distress need not be associated with specific
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symptoms, syndromes, or causal explanations. It may be used to convey a wide range of uncomfort
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able, emotional pain or social shakiness including subclinical conditions or everyday ex periences th
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at do not necessarily constitute
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Causal attribution is a label, an attempt at explaining or ascertaining the causes of the symptoms
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, illness, or distress. Causal explanations may be part of folk classifications of disease used by lay pe
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ople or healers, which, in a good number of cases, may provide temporary relief.
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12. Distinguish between the potential outcomes of acculturative stress: separation, integration, a zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
ssimilation, and marginalization. zx
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