Cultural concepts of distress and psychiatric disorders: literature review and research recommendations for global mental health epidemiology | Zendy

Brandon A. Kohrt | Zendy; Andrew Rasmussen | Zendy; Bonnie N. Kaiser | Zendy; Emily E. Haroz | Zendy; Sujen Man Maharjan | Zendy; Byamah B. Mutamba | Zendy; Joop de Jong | Zendy; Devon E. Hinton | Zendy

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Cultural concepts of distress and psychiatric disorders: literature review and research recommendations for global mental health epidemiology

Author(s) -

Brandon A. Kohrt,

Andrew Rasmussen,

Bonnie N. Kaiser,

Emily E. Haroz,

Sujen Man Maharjan,

Byamah B. Mutamba,

Joop de Jong,

Devon E. Hinton

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt227

Subject(s) - psychiatric epidemiology , psychiatry , mental health , distress , medicine , epidemiology , observational study , somatization , anxiety , confounding , depression (economics) , odds ratio , strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology , clinical psychology , psychology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics

Burgeoning global mental health endeavors have renewed debates about cultural applicability of psychiatric categories. This study's goal is to review strengths and limitations of literature comparing psychiatric categories with cultural concepts of distress (CCD) such as cultural syndromes, culture-bound syndromes, and idioms of distress.

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