Mental Health Cultural Analysis

THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW THIS CAN AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEN THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND THE CLIENT

Mental health is a person’s emotional and physiological well-being; some immigrants come to the country hoping for an easier and happier life, however, this is not always the case. As stated previously in lecture, assimilating to a new language, new food, and different cultural norms can be mentally draining. Experiences like exposure to war, death of loved ones, violence, oppression, and torture will likely make one mentally unstable and further complicates the resettlement process. The process of assimilating into a new cultural is mentally taxing to the soul, you are having to throw away all that you know and create a facade in order to be accepted. In my opinion, refugees and immigrants display poor mental health on arrival due to a combination

Mental health illnesses affect everyone. It is highly prevalent affecting people of all ages, gender, cultures, and social groups. Attitudes towards mental health illnesses vary among individuals and often are highly influenced by the various cultures that the individuals identify with. Culture as a social concept can be defined as a set of norms, values, behaviours, and beliefs that are common and shared amongst a group of individuals (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). Culture can be applicable to groups like Asians and Americans but also to groups of shared norms, beliefs, and values established within professions such as the culture of patients and practitioners. Culture provides these groups with structure and context to understanding their society and the world as a whole. Culture influence a wide range of aspects of mental health, including how mental health is perceived by the patient, how the patient will experience mental health stigma, and how they cope with symptoms of mental health illness. Additionally, these cultural influences impact the relationship between the patient and the practitioner in a number of ways.

Recognizing culture is important because each culture has its own framework for understanding and interpreting mental illness, which in return affects the acceptance of mental health services (Kirmayer 2012). For Hispanics, the family serves as a source of direction and support in times of need, along with creating a general tendency towards a collective orientation rather than an individualistic orientation. This may result in a preference for seeking help from family and friends, along with a distrust of outsiders. However, when mental health services are supportive of families and utilize culturally appropriate models or language, the family can be a promoter to accessing mental health services (Bledsoe 2008). The importance of family has

In constructing their solutions, the CSX (like most social movments) have taken a prognostic and motivation approach. First, the rise of coalitions between consumers and other allies has allowed for more brain power and different options, which has lead to changes in policies and creation of programs that allow for better living conditions and treatment of mental health consumers. Second, research has indicated that empowering indivudals has had a positive impact on their personal lives and their health. Through the creation and particpation of Consumer/ Survivor Intitiatives ( CSIs) mental health consumers have seen successes such as: employment for cosumers/ survivors, reduced hospital visits, improve health system and reduced mental health stigma and respect from politicans and medical professionals. However, sometimes these CSI’s are treated more as programs rather than autonomous groups, which can impact how they are viewed. This is demonstrated by the MAD pride organization, that provides empowerment through various actitives but most noteabley their mission to create a separate ‘ Mad’ culture thorugh claiming ‘ mad specific ‘ vocabulary activites ( such as a pride week) and creative forms of protest. However, the empowerment that they provide for survivors is both a solution for the ill-treatment and a call for action for survivors/ consumers to continue empowering change.

In delving into the economic impact of mental health issues possessed by refugees, researchers must seek to ascertain the limitations that these issues pose to the economic development of the refugee, as well as their possible reintegration into

Dissociative identity disorder is a chronic, complex, posttraumatic dissociative psychopathology characterized by disturbances of memory and identity (Nemiah). It is distinguished from other mental disorders by the ongoing coexistence of relatively consistent but alternating subjectively separate identities. It almost invariably emerges as the sequela of overwhelming childhood experiences (Putnam) However, it appears that in some adult cases, secondary autonomy of the defense of alter formation and function, the development of additional complexity, and a reworking of childhood experiences occur during adolescence. the adult form often becomes rather intricate in its structure, and adult patients’ given histories demonstrate the interplay

Mental illnesses affect people despite their race, ethnicity or culture. They can start to make everyday tasks harder to accomplish. They can cause problems at work, school and in relationships. Some individuals are unaware that they may have such a disorder and others are unable to treat the disorder, I believe that mental illnesses have a major impact on youth today. Mental illnesses are extremely hard to understand due to their complexity. Let alone doctors, but victims of mental disorders are not able to identify the causes of their illness or even if they have one. The concept of mental illnesses is also looked down upon, ignored and feared due to neglectance of the severe issue. Many individuals fear the thought of developing such illness,

Multicultural Mental Health Services is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of diverse backgrounds communities and clients. It also provides consultancy services and gives information according to client’s needs in their preferred language for better understanding that the mental health services are available in Australia.

My definition of good mental health is a person that has a good social circle, learning skills, and emotional skills (). The person that tries to have this attributes contains a right mentality. Those with poor mental health are characterized by negative attitude and aggressive respond towards all situations. Spanish culture has a similar view on good mental health except the don’t involve the social circle, and they added communication skills (). While the Spaniards, points of view of on poor mental issues are the same except they gluttony as part of this criteria. Their view of mental health is familiar to those as Mexican cultures view except they do add to the rules.

The aspects of psychology in this article includes mental health as well as social and cultural psychological analysis. The article discusses how diverse online social communities can be; some people may manipulate the group with misinformation, but others may seek comfort and support through them bringing them socialization and improving their health mentally. Culturally many people rely on an online community in place of physical social interactions which simply cannot be done as there is just not enough personal tie to an online community to compensate for the real thing.

Eastern and western cultures tend to show and deal with mental illnesses differently, mainly due to the differences in cultural and social norms. There is a lot of speculations regarding what causes mental illnesses such as depression, despite all the speculations there really is still no clear answer for the causes. Although holding an extreme personality type which conflicts with societies values has been found to be a risk factor. When diagnosing a patient with a mental illness, cultural, ethnic background and social norms need to be taken into consideration along with other factors. Since depending on where that individual is from, and where they are being diagnosed can drastically change the diagnosis. Cultural differences in values, beliefs, and practices may contribute to mental illnesses, eventual

According to Ringold (2005), refugees are people, who escape from their country in order to avoid conflicts (e.g., persecution, rape, and war). During their flight, refugees experience multiple of physical injuries and unfortunately, refugees are at higher risk for chronic mental health disorders, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Posttraumatic stress order is a disorder that is developed from witnessing or experiencing a ghastly experience such as, sexual assault, natural disaster, and life-threatening situations.

cultural conflict with high degree of mental illness, anomie and delinquency. Robbins builds his case on the idea that adolescents’ good English learning can lead to good performance at school through learning from other peer formal language, adjust to social norms such as dress and behavior (Lum, 1993 cited in Henkin, Santiago, Sonkowsky, and Tunick 2000). Robbins’s findings show extra attention demand from the boys through misbehaving and requiring extra discipline in his own EAL class. Robbins (2004) also finds a great deal of classroom competition despite the collectiveness of the Vietnamese culture and the unit concept among families (Freeman, 1975-1995). Boys also argued more than girls with physical fighting. On the other hand, girls had more ability to learn through collaborative and cooperative assignment actions, whereas boys established and maintained relations through showing and demanding their own identity (Ellis 2004). Boys were also more assertive, while girls kept calm and spoke softly.

“Culture comprises of shared beliefs values, and practices that guide a group’s members in patterned ways of thinking and acting. Culture can also be viewed as a blueprint for guiding actions that impact care, health, and well-being” (Leininger & McFarland, 2006). “Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious, geographic, socio-economic, occupational, ability-or disability-related, and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. Each group has cultural beliefs, values, and practices that guide its members in ways of thinking and acting. Cultural norms help members of the group make sense of the world around them and make decisions about appropriate ways to relate and behave. Because