Psychological predictors of loneliness among Palestinian university students in the West Bank.

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：:Drawing on a salutogenic perspective, we explored sense of coherence (SOC) in a group of Palestinian mental health care providers living and working in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (West Bank). Specifically, we conducted a qualitative exploration of the cultural characteristics of SOC and its compon...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Veronese G,Dhaouadi Y,Afana A

更新日期：2020-08-26 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：:Global Mental Health's (GMH) proposition to "scale up" evidence-based mental health care worldwide has sparked a heated debate among transcultural psychiatrists, anthropologists, and GMH proponents; a debate characterized by the polarization of "global" and "local" approaches to the treatment of mental health problems...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Bemme D,D'souza NA

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:This article considers some of the main features of so-called truth and reconciliation commissions, their history and structure and their characteristic concerns with respect to their central dilemmas, including: how they grapple with notions of truth, justice, liability, reconciliation, apology and forgiveness, and h...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Avruch K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a process-oriented perspective that relates to the broad question of how self-related experience comes to be endowed with meaning. The approach highlights the implications of 'living by' particular culturally based understandings in specific contexts and centers on how jointly cultural, social, a...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Garro LC

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:To identify and explore cultural dynamics influencing the psychiatric care of immigrant Somalis in the USA, we reviewed demographic data from Minnesota Departments of Human Services, and interviewed health professionals, exploring community perceptions of medical/psychiatric needs, cultural characteristics, barriers t...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Scuglik DL,Alarcón RD,Lapeyre AC 3rd,Williams MD,Logan KM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is an evaluation of clinicians' and patients' experiences of the core Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in DSM-5. The CFI provides a framework for gathering culturally relevant information, but its final form has not been sufficiently evaluated. Aims were to assess the Clinical Utility (CU), Feasibility ...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Wallin MI,Dahlin M,Nevonen L,Bäärnhielm S

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Over the last two decades, the reinforcement of security-related migration policies has resulted in the perception of the foreigner, and especially the irregular migrant, as a category outside the circle of legality. The rights of foreigners in host countries have deteriorated due to the connection made between immigr...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Crépeau F,Nakache D,Atak I

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:India's National Mental Health Program (NMHP) was initiated in 1982 with the objective of promoting community participation and accessible mental health services. A key component involves central government calculation and funding for psychotropic medication. Based on clinical ethnography of a community psychiatry pro...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Jain S,Jadhav S

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：:In the psychological sciences, mindfulness practices are increasingly being used, studied, and theorized, but their indigenous theoretical foundations in Buddhist accounts of the dynamics and psychology of personal identity tend to be overlooked. This situation is mirrored in the discipline of philosophy: here, Buddhi...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Panaïoti A

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The study of the relationship between psychiatry and religion has become an issue of increasing importance for both research and clinical practice. This article presents the history of the R. M. Bucke Memorial Society for the Study of Religious Experience, established by Raymond Prince in Montréal in 1964 as one of th...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Bartocci G,Rovera GG,Lalli N,Ascoli M

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:Do refugees have lower levels of positive mental health than other migrants? If so, to what extent is this attributable to post-migration experiences, including discrimination? How does gender affect the relationships between post-migration experience and positive mental health? To address these questions, the current...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Beiser M,Hou F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indigenous communities across the Alaskan Arctic have experienced profound revisions of livelihood, culture, and autonomy over the past century of colonization, creating radical discontinuities between the lives of young people and those of their parents and Elders. The disrupted processes of identity development, acc...

journal_title：Transcultural psychiatry

authors： Trout L,Wexler L,Moses J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00