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

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

doi:10.1093/ije/dyt227

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

Published in International Journal of Epidemiology • Dec 23, 2013

Authors:

Brandon A. Kohrt

Andrew Rasmussen

Bonnie N. Kaiser

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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 syndrom...

Subject

Psychiatric epidemiology

Psychiatry

Mental health

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