Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and the brain: a critical introduction.

abstract：:In My Name Is Legion (Leighton, 1959), the basic assumption of Alexander H. Leighton's theory of sentiment is as follows: 'A given personality exists more or less continuously throughout life in the act of striving, and interference with that striving has consequences which in turn often lead to psychiatric disorder' ...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Kaplan BH,Blazer DG,Munroe-Blum H

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the pragmatic sensibilities that are implicit in idioms of distress among family caregivers for Alzheimer's disease in Teotitlán del Valle, a rural Zapotec-speaking community in Oaxaca, Mexico. Through analysis of caregivers' perceptions of progressive memory loss and related etiological understa...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Yahalom J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the relationship between sociocultural environment and psychiatric disorder? In particular, what is 'social disintegration', its characteristics, dangers and possible remediation? Alexander Hamilton Leighton and Jane Murphy's interdisciplinary contributions derive from those consuming concerns. This article co...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Lumsden DP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the approximately 13,750 humanitarian refugees who have fled from war and other human rights abuses to resettle in Australia every year, the majority are families arriving with adolescent children. This study used a qualitative methodology to explore Sudanese refugee women's narratives around parenting teenagers in...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Levi M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Africa, the emergence of a "modern" mental health regime centered on psychiatry is often portrayed as a unidirectional intervention by "the West." Analyses ranging from medical histories of colonial psychiatry to more recent studies of Global Mental Health focus mostly on the role of external actors and the ways th...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Vorhölter J

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviews conducted with young women of Maghrebine origin in France show that norms of virginity represent a central means by which women negotiate Maghrebine-French identity and handle intergenerational relations. From the legacy of the colonial era to the current interethnic context, notions of virginity have playe...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Skandrani S,Baubet T,Taïeb O,Rezzoug D,Moro MR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the results of a large efficacy study comparing different forms of therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD), including interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and pharmacotherapy. Patients were randomized to either IPT, IPT in combination with anti-depressant medication, IPT in combination with pill...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Blom MB,Hoek HW,Spinhoven P,Hoencamp E,Judith Haffmans PM,van Dyck R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metaphors are frequently seen in individuals' descriptions of their illness and healing experiences. These figurative phrases are not ornamental, or distracting, but often reveal the particularities of what it is like to be ill or healing. Culture plays a big role in shaping the particular metaphors employed to expres...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Gibbs RW Jr

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture and socialization influence how individuals perceive and express emotional distress. Research therefore, must consider the context to capture individual experiences. However, the majority of studies on factors associated with emotional distress among migrants use quantitative approaches, limiting an in-depth u...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Nguyen MH,Lanca JC,Hahn E,von Poser A,Heyken E,Wingenfeld K,Burian R,Diefenbacher A,Ta TMT

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale (GARF) has been proposed as an additional domain on Axis V, yet few validation studies have been conducted. This study examines the validity of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the GARF. An experienced family therapist interviewed 34 families in which one member...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Mello AF,Blay SL,Kohn R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prototypical feature of schizophrenic consciousness is that it undergoes a solidification of the imaginary space in which mental events take place. The bipartition between images and 'real' things is jeopardized and imagination is transformed into 'physical' forms. Parallel to this solidification of imaginary space ...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Stanghellini G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:China is experiencing rapid cultural change and new forms of sociability that are accompanied by social problems and novel humanitarian interventions that have been formulated to address those problems. The pressure related to the rapid transformation of the countryside into mid-level cities has led to recreational dr...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Hyde ST

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Videoconferencing is an innovative method that potentially allows medical students exposure to international teachers in refugee mental health who would otherwise be inaccessible. This article reports a pilot study using videoconferencing with international teachers from Australia, Sweden and the USA participating in ...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Ekblad S,Manicavasagar V,Silove D,Bäärnhielm S,Reczycki M,Mollica R,Coello M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with severe mental illness (SMI) in Ethiopia chew khat despite advice from their physicians to desist. We wanted to better understand their reasons for khat chewing, including any benefits that they might gain. A qualitative study was conducted involving patients with SMI and their caregivers in Butajira. Reaso...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Teferra S,Hanlon C,Alem A,Jacobsson L,Shibre T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is significant variation in how people experience, emplot and intergenerationally transmit trauma experiences. Despite this variation, the literature rarely illustrates alternative manifestations or resilient responses to the construct of historical trauma. Based upon person-centered ethnographic research, this ...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Denham AR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine whether patient variables (geographic origin, gender, Spanish language proficiency) and subjective clinician aspects in emergency department psychiatric encounters (diagnostic certainty, clinician's comfort level with patient) are associated with diagnosis and the use of coercive measures. Using a descripti...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Collazos F,Malagón-Amor Á,Falgas-Bague I,Qureshi A,Gines JM,Del Mar Ramos M,McPeck S,Hussain I,Wang Y,Alegría M

更新日期：2020-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-cultural mental health services were assessed using qualitative interviews and focus groups of 43 mental health clinicians and program directors in one of the most ethnically integrated cities in the U.S. The commonly used strategy of ethnic matching between clinician and patient was found to be difficult to eff...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Ton H,Koike A,Hales RE,Johnson JA,Hilty DM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of migration may be associated not only with great hope, but also with distressing experiences that can lead to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorders. Although some of the symptoms induced by trauma are common across cultures, the strategies used to deal with them are often culture-specific. In the fol...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Schouler-Ocak M,Reiske SL,Rapp MA,Heinz A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study investigated the lived experience of 12 parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in everyday cultural contexts in Goa, India. Narratives from parents collected between 2009 and 2010 were analyzed using the procedures of phenomenological psychology. Four temporal phases of parents' experie...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Desai MU,Divan G,Wertz FJ,Patel V

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drawing on data collected from 3 focus groups with 24 traditional healers, the aim of this qualitative study was to use the constructs of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to gain an understanding of traditional healer referral practices of their patients with a mental illness. Results indicated that traditional h...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Sorsdahl K,Stein DJ,Flisher AJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing recognition that "human development" frameworks, such as the Capabilities Approach (CA) with its emphasis on the promotion of justice, offer promise for guiding efforts aimed at enhancing mental wellbeing. This article explores challenges that might arise when there is a need to arbitrate among the co...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： White RG

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined explanations of sleep paralysis (SP) in Turkey. The participants were 59 college students recruited in İstanbul, Turkey, who had experienced SP at least once in their lifetime. Participants were administered the Sleep Paralysis Experiences and Phenomenology Questionnaire (SP-EPQ) in an inter...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Jalal B,Sevde Eskici H,Acarturk C,Hinton DE

更新日期：2020-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Taijin Kyofusho (TKS), a disorder characterized by a fear of interpersonal relations, and regarded as a culture-bound disorder in Japan, is related to social anxiety disorder (SAD). A variant of TKS, the 'offensive type' involves fear of offending others by one's inappropriate social behavior or appearance. Reports of...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Tarumi S,Ichimiya A,Yamada S,Umesue M,Kuroki T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This introduction to the Special Issue Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic reviews relevant resilience theory and research, with particular attention to Arctic Indigenous youth. Current perspectives on resilience, as well as the role of social determinants, and community resilience processes in understanding res...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Allen J,Hopper K,Wexler L,Kral M,Rasmus S,Nystad K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What can an exploration of contemporary Aboriginal healing programs such as those offered in Canadian prisons and urban clinics tell us about the importance of history in understanding social and psychological pathology, and more significantly the salience of the concept of "historical trauma"? The form of Aboriginal ...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Waldram JB

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) may become an important tool to help operationalize culture in the clinical realm. However, challenges exist in teaching its use to avoid the risk of stereotyping and oversimplification, which could result in misunderstanding and stigma. The aim of this article is to docu...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Rousseau C,Johnson-Lafleur J,Papazian-Zohrabian G,Measham T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcultural psychiatry has increased awareness of alternative approaches to mental health and wellbeing, influencing developments in Western psychotherapeutic treatments. In this article, I look at the recent interest in alternative therapies by the U.S. military, which has explored the possibilities of lucid dreami...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Smith S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated feared social situations in individuals with social anxiety disorder from different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The sample included 247 African Americans, 158 Latinos, and 533 non-Latino Whites diagnosed with social anxiety disorder within the past 12 months from the integrated Colla...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Asnaani A,Aderka IM,Marques L,Simon N,Robinaugh DJ,Hofmann SG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2015, a large number of refugees arrived in Germany, mostly driven to emigrate by devastating circumstances in their countries of origin. Arriving refugees are distributed to reception centers within the German federal states, frequently facing marginal conditions in terms of overcrowding or waiting time of several...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Belz M,Belz M,Özkan I,Graef-Calliess IT

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive personal gain after adverse life events and traumas is known as posttraumatic growth (PTG). Several factors are suggested to promote PTG after stressful events, including type of trauma, in addition to younger age and female gender. Although conflicting findings exist, studies suggest that there may be less g...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Kılıç C,Magruder KM,Koryürek MM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00