The Lay Concept of 'Mental Disorder': A Cross-Cultural Study  

Oleh:

Haslam, Nick ; Glovsky, Viviane ; Giosan, Cezar

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Transcultural Psychiatry vol. 38 no. 3 (Sep. 2001), page 317–332.
Topik: Brazil; cultural differences; lay concepts; mental disorder; Romania
Fulltext: 317TP383.pdf (85.38KB)

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Lay concepts of 'mental disorder' were investigated in three countries (U.S.A., Romania and Brazil). Participants judged whether a sample of conditions – some falling inside and some outside the borders defined by DSM-IV – were mental disorders, and rated them on features invoked in professional understandings of 'mental disorder.' The concept of mental disorder was considerably more inclusive and convergent with the DSM-IV in the American sample than in the Brazilian sample, and disorder judgments showed only moderate agreement across cultures. Several features of the concept were culturally distinctive, amounting to a more 'internalist' or intrapsychic understanding in the American sample.

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