The discovery of autism: Indian parents' experiences of caring for their child with an autism spectrum disorder.

abstract：:Reported suicide rates in Latin America remain low, but there is evidence to suggest they may be increasing, particularly among indigenous populations. To better understand who may be at risk for suicide, we examined the prevalence of suicidal ideation and explored factors contributing to suicidal thoughts in an ethni...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Pezzia C,Hernandez LM

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

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：:Although migration itself may not compromise the mental health of immigrants, the acculturative process can involve highly stressful factors that are specific to immigrant and minority status. Using structural equation modeling, this study examined the relations between acculturation orientations, perceived discrimina...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Tonsing KN,Tse S,Tonsing JC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manifestations of externalizing and internalizing behaviors among minority adolescents might best be understood by examining their relation to culturally specific factors, such as cultural identity, as well as to factors that seem to be relevant across cultures, such as age and gender. In this study, we examined t...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Blacklock A,Schmidt LA,Fryberg SA,Klassen GH,Querengesser J,Stewart J,Campbell CA,Flores H,Reynolds A,Tootoosis C,Burack JA

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:This special section of Transcultural Psychiatry explores the local-global spaces of engagement being opened up by the Movement for Global Mental Health, with particular emphasis on the need for expanded engagement with local communities. Currently the Movement places its main emphasis on scaling up mental health serv...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Campbell C,Burgess R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buddhist psychology is increasingly informing psychotherapeutic practice in the western world. This article: (a) provides a general background to Buddhist tradition; (b) outlines the central tenets of Buddhist psychology, with particular emphasis on the practice of meditation; (c) provides an overview of research into...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Kelly BD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of culturally appropriate mental health assessment instruments is a major barrier to screening and evaluating efficacy of interventions. Simple translation of questionnaires produces misleading and inaccurate conclusions. Multiple alternate approaches have been proposed, and this study compared two approaches...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Kaiser BN,Kohrt BA,Keys HM,Khoury NM,Brewster AR

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Career paths in cultural psychiatry and other areas of medicine often are influenced by a combination of developmental, academic and training experiences. One of the satisfactions for the cultural psychiatrist is the opportunity to integrate lifelong interests that are not central to medical training, such as anthropo...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Boehnlein JK

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines Fischl Schneersohn's (1887-1958) "science of man" as a psychotherapeutic approach situated between modern psychology and Chassidic mysticism. While almost forgotten today, Schneersohn was a prolific writer, well-known in Yiddish-speaking circles as a psychologist, educationalist, novelist, and ps...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Freis D

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:In a creolizing world, psychotherapy is challenged by the growing influence of cultural standards, systems of meaning and idioms of distress supported by new groups who play a major role in public health policies. While these elements were originally introduced in psychotherapy with ethnic minorities both to improve t...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Rechtman R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of death by suicide among North Korean refugees are three times higher than those among their host-country counterparts in South Korea. However, social and cultural factors predicting suicidality among North Korean refugees are not well known. Thus, we explored how social networks affect suicidal ideation in a s...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Um MY,Rice E,Lee JO,Kim HJ,Palinkas LA

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although traditional initiation forms a pivotal part of Xhosa culture, it may be a stressful life event for the individual. In this study, 75 Xhosa males diagnosed with schizophrenia were interviewed to examine their perceptions of the role of initiation in the onset and course of their illness. In all, eight patients...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： le Roux R,Niehaus DJ,Koen L,Seller C,Lochner C,Emsley RA

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：: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：:This article explores how desire operates in the daily lives of women with disordered eating. Based on qualitative findings from a South Australian study investigating why women with disordered eating are reluctant to seek help, we trace the multiple "tipping points" and triggers that are central to participants' ever...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Musolino C,Warin M,Gilchrist P

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:The Cultural Formulation (CF) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) provides a potential framework for improving the diagnostic assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in culturally diverse patients. We analyzed data from the Patient-Provider Encounter Study, a multi-site study that examines the pr...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Fortuna LR,Porche MV,Alegría M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translation of well established psychometric tools from English into Xhosa may assist in improving access to psychological services for Xhosa speakers. The aim of this study was to translate the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure (CORE-OM), a measure of general distress and dysfunction devel...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Campbell MM,Young C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few empirical studies have detailed the specificities of working with interpreters in mental healthcare for children. The integration of interpreters in clinical teams in child mental healthcare was explored in two clinics, in Montreal and Paris. Four focus groups were conducted with interpreters and clinicians. Parti...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Leanza Y,Boivin I,Moro MR,Rousseau C,Brisset C,Rosenberg E,Hassan G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional and contemporary Inuit concepts of sleep paralysis were investigated through interviews with elders and young people in Iqaluit, Baffin Island. Sleep paralysis was readily recognized by most respondents and termed uqumangirniq (in the Baffin region) or aqtuqsinniq (Kivalliq region). Traditional interpretat...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Law S,Kirmayer LJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred Khmer refugees attending a psychiatric clinic were surveyed to determine the prevalence of olfactory-triggered panic attacks as well as certain characteristics of the episodes, including trigger (i.e. type of odor), frequency, length, somatic symptoms, and the rate of associated flashbacks and catastrophic...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Hinton D,Pich V,Chhean D,Pollack M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reflects upon questions of ontological contingency when the stark, visceral reality of a person's relentless self-destruction unfolds within institutional mechanisms that systematically withhold certain kinds of care. I consider these issues through the lens of "manipulation" as it is elaborated within an A...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Lester RJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcultural psychiatry was developed in France to promote cultural and linguistic diversity and address the mental health needs of immigrants who were excluded from accessing other public mental health services. Professionals in health and social services refer patients to transcultural psychiatry consultations when...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Ansari DA

更新日期：2019-11-20 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：:Surveying 60 Vietnamese patients with either current or past post-traumatic stress disorder, this article aims to phenomenologically characterize the syndrome of 'hit by the wind' in a multidimensional manner. This includes determining the patient conceptualization of the disorder, profiling 'hit by the wind' episodes...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Hinton D,Hinton S,Pham T,Chau H,Tran M

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：: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