Urban And Rural Psychiatric Disorders

In the Mexican culture treats physical and mental illnesses as one. They consider emotional, spiritual, social and physical factors are contributors to disease (Santana & Santa, 2005). These illness measures as a social crisis affect the entire group.

In Ethan Watters’ essay, “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan,” he has a discussion with Dr. Laurence Kirmayer regarding Kirmayer’s invitation to the International Consensus Group on Depression and Anxiety. In their discussion Kirmayer talks about how the basis of his invitation was on the notion that he as the director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill could add to the answer the large pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline was looking for. The question at hand was how culture influences the illness experience, but more specifically how depression is influenced by culture in Japan. If the conference was a success, the company would be able to enter and expand into a market worth billions of dollars. The reason that the cultural aspect of depression was very important was because in countries like Japan, the American conception of depression was taken as a more serious illness, rivaling heights of diseases like schizophrenia. The company hoped that by somehow changing the Japan’s perception of the illness from being something social or moral to the American conception where expressing the illness to others is considered being strong person rather than being a weak one, that their drug Paxil would be able to sell to the market, which is where the scientific and economic aspects of depression come into effect. The scientific and economic aspects take place due to the intentions of the company to sell the drug, and the drug’s ability to help

Such as the people in Flint, people who experience shocks like this whether from natural or manmade disasters most often have higher rates of mental illnesses including post-traumatic stress disorders and anxiety and depression for several years (7). While mental illnesses may be triggered by events as environmental injustices, there is also a psychological distress that is experienced which is a natural reaction to such stressful events. Interpretations and levels of distress, can also vary by social position in the community. Those who feel unable to escape or do anything about it, are most likely to feel higher levels of distress (7). Community monitoring was performed for mental health and substance abuse issues in Genesee County on a

To gather research on Japanese mental illness culture, the International Consensus Group on Depression and Anxiety invited psychiatrists to attend a conference, sponsored by the drug maker GlaxoSmithKline. Companies were seeking to market Paxil, a popular antidepressant in Western culture, to Japan. Knowing the difference in cultures, pharmaceutical companies called the conference to gain insight on how to affectively market an antidepressant to a country that had drastically different views on mental illness than Western society. Cultures were discussed as if they were at predetermined stages of evolution (Watters 528). Instead of seeing individual culture, drug companies viewed their target

In principle, psychopathology is the scientific study of mental disorders and their origin; in addition, this field of study examines the causes, development, and possible treatment for the disorders. Essentially, psychopathology encompasses three aspects that are considered as directly related to the mental disorders. These facets include the biological considerations, social issues, and psychological aspects of any mental condition. In fact, the initial perception of mental illness was associated with religious issues such

Culture may be defined in a broad and narrow context. The broad definition includes demographic variables ( age, gender), status variables ( social, educational, economic) and affiliations ( formal and informal), as well as ethnographic variables, such as ethnicity, nationality, language. Narrow definition of culture is limited to the terms of ethnicity and nationality, which are important for individual and familial identity, but the concept of culture in Counselling usually goes beyond national and ethnic boundaries. It interprets culture in a broader aspect, it aims to go beyond its more obvious and verifiable symbols toward the more subjective perspectives its members hold. Counselling deals

McGoldrick, Giordano and Garcia-Preto submits to its audience a cultural history of the each target group and their assimilation into American society. Ethnicity and Family Therapy is well-written and its context is practical and provides a wealth of insightful information in regards to various cultural backgrounds. The literature provided helps to aid in the process of teaching others how to counsel people from a vast amount of ethnic groups and bestows or gives detailed information about the traditional customs and aid with therapeutic relationship.[1] The books context contains an exploration

The population being examined is young adults. Young adult includes those aged between 18 and 24 years. For the purpose of this paper, mentally ill refers to any variant of mental

“With the development of specified diagnostic criteria, as exemplified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980), and the creation of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS), it became possible to examine the incidence and prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders in the community. The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (ECA) has utilized the DIS in a multisite longitudinal study from which data are now being analyzed. ECA data summed across all five research sites provides evidence yet again that the highest rates of disorder occur in the lowest social classes. The six-month prevalence of any DSM-III disorder is 2.86 times higher in the lowest socioeconomic status (SES) category than in the highest SES group, controlling for age and sex (Holzer et al., 1986). The estimated relative risk for the lowest SES group in comparison to the highest SES group is 1.79 for major depres- sion, 3.59 for alcohol abuse or

We used to minimize or totally ignore the cultural factors in the science of depression. With the prevalence of establishing the universal understanding in the knowledge of depression, it is crucial to understanding the relationship between culture and depression in order to effectively assessing and treating this disorder in all populations. In recent years, It has been established knowledge that, aside from biological and biographical factors, socio-cultural patterns have a major impact in prevalence and phenomenology of depressive disorders.This paper mainly discusses the role of cultural factors that are particularly relevant in the depressive disorders.

Ensuring that the therapist is culturally sensitive to the client is a key component of the assessment process. It is crucial for the therapist to establish the differences between their cultural beliefs and their clients to ensure that the data collected is accurate and free of any unbiased beliefs of the clinician. There is a decent amount of diversity within cultural differences and how individuals overcome conflicts and crisis individually and as a family (Weaver & Wodarski, 1995). So it is critical that a therapist is aware of the cultural differences when making an assessment.

The 20th century has been characterised by the movement of populations from rural to urban areas - a phenomenon expressed as urbanisation. For the first time in human history, the world is predominantly urban, with over half of the population living in towns and cities; this is predicted to rise to over 6.3 billion by 2050 (Demographia World Urban Areas, 2016). The movement of populations to urban environments is perhaps the single most significant demographic shift in the past century. Given the current and projected growth in urban living, research into understanding the potential impacts of urban versus rural living on individual mental health is becoming increasingly

The purpose of this essay is to apply critical thinking and awareness by comparing and contrasting two chosen fields of practice being mental health and rural and remote practice. This paper will discuss a brief historical outline in regards to both fields, together with a statistical overview of certain challenges and concerns that occur within the field of mental health and rural and remote practice. An emphasis will placed on the challenges faced by the client, while comparing and contrasting issues such as social disadvantage, infrastructure, drugs and alcohol misuse. Likewise, challenges faced by the worker and a comparison of the interventions used in both fields, along with the diversity of the two working environments and the

Introduction: Mental disorders, viewed in terms of prevalence, burden of disease and disability, are one of the greatest public health

Psychological disorders affect different cultures at different rates, for example a study of the different racial groups of the United States, viewed individuals over a lifetime and African Americans are significantly less likely than whites to become de- pressed, while the rate of depression for Latinos falls about midway between these two groups (parker, 2011). Depression is defined as an individual having a disorder with mood changes, social interactions, and physical functions. Depression is common for the American Culture and not so common in internationally such as Asian cultures. One reason for this statistics is that Asian people tend to live in an extending family setting. Which social support can be administered immediately for soothing results (parker, 2011).