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Cultural pathways to psychosis care: Patient and caregiver narratives from Puebla, Mexico Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sylvanna M. Vargas, Wilmer A. Rivas, Andrew Ryder, María del Carmen Elizabeth Lara Muñoz, Steven R. López
The current study used the McGill Illness Narrative Interview (MINI) to explore patients’ ( n = 6) and caregivers’ ( n = 3) narratives about how they identified and sought care for psychosis. Participants were recruited from an outpatient clinic at the Hospital Psiquiátrico Dr. Rafael Serrano, a public psychiatric hospital in Puebla, Mexico. All participants consented to complete semi-structured interviews
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What words can tell us about social determinants of mental health: A multi-method analysis of sentiment towards migration experiences and community life in Lima, Perú Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Maria Caterina Gargano, Crystal Elizabeth DiBiase, Laura E. Miller-Graff
To support resilience in contexts of migration, a deeper understanding of the experiences of both receiving communities and migrants is required. Research on the impacts of migration on community life is limited in contexts with high internal migration (i.e., migrating within one's country of origin). Evidence suggests that cultural similarity, community relationships, and access to resources may be
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The resounding influence of benevolent childhood experiences Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Kaley A. Herman, Dane S. Hautala, Kevalin M. W. Aulandez, Melissa L. Walls
Research with Indigenous communities has demonstrated the detrimental impacts of intergenerational trauma and disproportionate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and behavioral outcomes in adulthood. A more balanced narrative that includes positive childhood experiences is needed. The construct of benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) facilitates assessment of positive early life experiences
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Deconstructing wisdom through a cultural lens: Folk understandings of wisdom and its ontology in the Philippines and Sri Lanka Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Santushi Devini Amarasuriya, Maria Guadalupe C. Salanga, Charisse T. Llorin, Marie Rose H. Morales, Eranda Jayawickreme, Igor Grossmann
In many contemporary societies, misinformation, epistemic arrogance, and intergroup conflict pose serious threats to social cohesion and well-being. Wisdom may offer a potential antidote to these problems, with a recently identified Common Wisdom Model (CWM) suggesting that wisdom involves epistemic virtues such as intellectual humility, openness to change, and perspective-taking. However, it is unclear
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“How can our children learn from us about our way of life or understand who they are?”: Residential schools and their impact on the wellbeing of Indigenous youth in Attapadi, South India Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Mathew Sunil George, K. A. Ramu, Rajendra Prasad, N. S. Prashanth, Susheela Kenjoor, Janie Busby Grant
Residential schools are commonly used in India to provide education for Indigenous youth, which requires young people to stay for long periods at distance from their families and communities. Internationally, there is clear evidence for the deleterious effects of residential schools on the mental health and social and community outcomes of Indigenous children, however little is known about the Indian
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A qualitative study of mental health problems among children living in New Delhi slums Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Prerna Martin, Emily E. Haroz, Catherine Lee, Paul Bolton, Kiran Martin, Rosemary Meza, Elizabeth McCarthy, Shannon Dorsey
Children living in urban slums in India are exposed to chronic stressors that increase their risk of developing mental disorders, but they remain a neglected group. Effective mental health interventions are needed; however, it is necessary to understand how mental health symptoms and needs are perceived and prioritized locally to tailor interventions for this population. We used an existing rapid ethnographic
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A prospective longitudinal study of depression, perceived stress, and perceived control in resettled Syrian refugees’ mental health and psychosocial adaptation Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Ben C. H. Kuo, Lance M. Rappaport
This prospective study examined the psychosocial adaptation of a community sample of newly resettled Syrian refugees in Canada ( N = 235). Specifically, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and perceived control were collected in Arabic at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Two theory-informed, cross-lagged panel models demonstrated that higher baseline depressive symptoms predicted lower perceived self-efficacy
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Eating disorders and related psychological features among Arabs and Jews in Israel: Does culture play a moderating role? Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Laura Mansour, Lily Rothschild-Yakar, Jenny Kurman
Eating disorders (EDs) have been documented in various cultural settings. A continuous increase in ED’ rates among non-Western cultures (e.g., Arab cultures and East-Asian cultures) has been reported. We aimed to investigate the relations among culture, ED symptoms, and psychological features that are highly relevant in EDs through a cultural comparison of three groups. The groups included female university
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A qualitative study exploring the epistemology of suffering within a Malaysian Indigenous tribe Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Justine Jian-Ai Thong, Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting, Tomomi Takeuchi, Laura Jobson, Maude Elvira Phipps
Despite the universal nature of suffering, few studies have examined how Indigenous ethnic minorities in non-western regions understand and respond to adversity. This study explored the epistemology of suffering among the Temiar ethnic group of Peninsular Malaysia using participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Interview transcripts of 43 participants were coded through inductive thematic
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Cultural adaptations of third-wave psychotherapies in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A systematic review Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Duaa H. Alrashdi, Aisha H. Alyafei, Samar A. Alanazi, Carly Meyer, Rebecca L. Gould
The effectiveness of third-wave psychotherapies has been demonstrated in a range of mental and physical health conditions in Western cultures. However, little is known about the cultural appropriateness and effectiveness of third-wave psychotherapies for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) populations. This review aimed to critically evaluate cultural adaptations to third-wave psychotherapies and explored
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Self-compassion and self-coldness and their relationship with psychological distress and subjective well-being among community-based Hazaras in Australia Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Clare Wilson, RoseAnne Misajon, Joanne Brooker
Hazaras are a newly emerging community in Australia and limited research has explored their mental health. The first aim of this study was to explore levels of psychological distress and subjective well-being reported by Hazaras in Australia, and whether scores on psychosocial variables (self-compassion, self-coldness, acculturation, resilience, spirituality), psychological distress and domains of
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“We have to … work for wholeness no matter what”: Family and culture promoting wellness, resilience, and transcendence Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Catherine E. McKinley
Sociocultural, mental, behavioral, and physical factors are interrelated associates of chronic health conditions—such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease—all of which are disproportionally high and drive much of the mortality and morbidity for Indigenous peoples. Indigenous worldviews conceptualize health holistically, with inseparability across social, spiritual, cultural, familial, mental
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Social zeitgeber and sleep loss as risk factors for suicide in American Indian adolescents Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Cindy L. Ehlers, David A. Gilder, Jessica Benedict, Derek N. Wills, Evie Phillips, Cathy Gonzales, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, Rebecca A. Bernert
American Indians / Alaska Natives (AI/AN) bear a high burden of suicide, the reasons for which are not completely understood, and rates can vary by tribal group and location. This article aims to identify circumstances reported by a community group of American Indian adolescent participants to be associated with their depression and/or suicide. American Indian adolescents (n = 360) were recruited from
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“Trust in God, but tie your donkey”: Holy water priest healers’ views on collaboration with biomedical mental health services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Yonas Baheretibeb, Dawit Wondimagegn, Samuel Law
This exploratory qualitative study examines holy water priest healers’ explanatory models and general treatment approaches toward mental illness, and their views and reflections on a collaborative project between them and biomedical practitioners. The study took place at two holy water treatment sites in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Twelve semi-structured interviews with holy water priest healers found eight
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Understanding how classroom drama workshops can facilitate social capital for newly arrived migrant and refugee adolescents: Insights from Denmark Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Finja Dähne, Signe Smith Jervelund, Nina Langer Primdahl, Nicoline Siemsen, Ilse Derluyn, An Verelst, Caroline Spaas, Lucia de Haene, Morten Skovdal
Art-based interventions, such as classroom drama workshops (CDWs), increasingly form part of a collection of mental health-promoting activities introduced in school settings. While research points to the potential benefits of CDWs for the mental well-being of refugee and migrant adolescents, the mechanisms to such improvement are less understood. In this article we respond to the need for qualitative
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Barriers to use of interpreters in outpatient mental health care: Exploring the attitudes of psychotherapists Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Kim Gartner, Mike Mösko, Julia C. Becker, Saskia Hanft-Robert
The support of professional interpreters is an essential component of adequate mental health care for migrants with limited language proficiency. Nevertheless, for varied reasons, only a small proportion of outpatient psychotherapists provide interpreter-mediated psychotherapy for migrants. This study explored the perspectives of psychotherapists who have not worked with professional interpreters in
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The association between exposure to hate speech or perceived discrimination and mental health problems among Korean residents in Japan Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Takuya Matsumoto, Shiro Kitada, Shiro Suda
This study evaluated the effect of perceived discrimination and racism on the mental health state of Korean residents in Japan, with a particular focus on the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and psychological distress. Surveys were sent to Korean residents in Japan and a total of 240 valid responses were received. The valid response rate was 27.1%. The participants answered
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Cross-culturally adapting the GHQ-12 for use with refugee populations: Opportunities, dilemmas, and challenges Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Maya Fennig
This article discusses the opportunities, dilemmas, and challenges involved in the cross-cultural adaptation (CCA) of psychological scales for use with refugee populations. It draws on insights derived from an attempt to adapt the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) to the particular culture and context of Eritrean refugees residing in Israel. Multiple techniques including expert translations
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“It will always be Temporary”: A qualitative study of Syrian young adults expressing histories of collective violence and forced displacement in participatory theatre Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Sofie de Smet, Cécile Rousseau, Christel Stalpaert, Lucia De Haene
Given the increased prevalence of mental health problems in Syrian refugee communities, there have been efforts to develop adequate mental health care for their well-being. Herein, clinical literature is increasingly emphasizing the importance of locating refugees’ healing at the nexus of personal and social realities, understanding the process of trauma narration within social restorative spaces of
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Disputed expertise and chaotic disinformation: COVID-19 and denialist physicians in Brazil Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Kenneth Rochel de Camargo
This article aims to show how incorrect ideas about COVID-19 were promoted by physicians in Brazil, contributing to a catastrophic response at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives, and to examine the implications of this episode for the social studies of science, technology and medicine. The literature on the relationship between science and society takes two broad approaches, which are sometimes
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A Chinese help-seeking model for psychological distress in primary care: An adaptation of Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Kai Sing Sun, Tai Pong Lam, Dan Wu, Tak Hon Chan, Graeme Browne, Sally Wai Chi Chan
Help-seeking for depression and anxiety disorders from primary care physicians in Western countries is at three times the rate of China. Western help-seeking models for common mental disorders have limitations in the Chinese settings. This article argues that an adapted model based on Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use could be an appropriate tool to better understand patients’ help-seeking
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Research on psychotherapy for refugees in Germany: A systematic review on its transdisciplinary and transregional opening Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Annika Kleinschmitt
Recently, an increasing amount of research has focused on adapting psychotherapy concepts for refugees moving to Germany. For a long time, research from disciplines like anthropology and cultural studies has problematized the eurocentrism of psychology's theoretical premises and methodologies. Currently, scholarship around Global Mental Health and decolonization emphasizes how knowledge production
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A qualitative phenomenological exploration of prolonged grief in New Delhi, India. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Siddharth Sarkar,Prashant Gupta,Anamika Sahu,Nazneen Anwar,Pratap Sharan
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a condition characterized by difficulty in coping effectively with the loss of loved ones. The proposed diagnostic criteria for PGD have been based predominantly on research from developed Western nations. The cultural variations associated with experience and expression of grief and associated mourning rituals have not been considered comprehensively. The current
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Traditional postpartum rituals among immigrant and non-immigrant Chinese women. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Cindy-Lee Dennis,Sarah Brennenstuhl,Hilary K Brown,Sophie Grigoriadis,Simone N Vigod,Flavia C Marini,Kenneth Fung
Due to cultural and systemic factors, Chinese-Canadians tend to use mental health services less or when mental health problems are more severe. Services need to be more culturally responsive in their treatment of mental illness. Around important life events, when there may be heightened vulnerability to mental illness, this is especially important. In this study, postpartum cultural practices were
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Pilgrimage for an autism diagnosis: A study of Venezuelan parents' experiences. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Cecilia Montiel-Nava,Irina Vargas,Zoila Gonzalez-Avila,María Cecilia Montenegro,Ana C Ramírez
It cannot be assumed that the experience of having an autistic child is the same across countries since demographic and systemic factors are as diverse as the manifestation of ASD symptomatology. This study explores the lived experiences of 20 Venezuelan parents after receiving an autism diagnosis for their child. Applied thematic analysis was used to analyze parental attitudes, challenges in identifying
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An evaluation of early marriage and the mental state of Roma women: A cross-sectional study. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Ayşe İnel Manav
Early marriage (i.e., at less than 18 years of age) is a significant global problem threatening the well-being of women. This cross-sectional study evaluated early marriage and the mental health of Roma women in Adana, Turkey. Data were collected between March 2019 and September 2019 using the Descriptive Characteristics Form and the Brief Symptom Inventory. We interviewed 272 married Roma women over
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Maladi Nanm, Maladi Zonbi, & Maladi Lalin: A qualitative study of cultural concepts of distress in northern Haiti. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Michael Galvin,Guesly Michel,Edny Pierre,Eurine Manguira,Jude Mary Cénat
Cultural Concepts of Distress (CCDs) are culturally constructed diagnostic categories that exist within a specific society or culture. While several studies have assessed CCDs around the world, few studies have examined them in Haiti. This qualitative study examines manifestations of anxiety and depression via "sent spirits" in the form of maladi nanm ("Soul disorder") and maladi zonbi ("Zombie disorder")
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Cultural poetics of illness and healing. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Laurence J Kirmayer
This issue of Transcultural Psychiatry presents selected papers from the McGill Advanced Study Institute on "Cultural Poetics of Illness and Healing." The meeting addressed the cognitive science of language, metaphor, and poiesis from embodied and enactivist perspectives; how cultural affordances, background knowledge, discourse, and practices enable and constrain poiesis; the cognitive and social
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Counter-narratives against hardships among Syrian refugee youth and parents. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Els Rommes,Nisrine Chaer
The conventional literature and popular media describe the challenges of (Syrian) refugees in terms of their being victims who need to deal with the traumatic events they experienced before and during their flight. Their lack of seeking professional psychosocial help to improve their mental wellbeing is often explained by migrants' supposed fear of stigmatization. Using in-depth interviews with 10
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To Di World: Jamaican soccer, poiesis and post-colonial transformation. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Geoffrey Walcott,Frederick W Hickling,Christopher A D Charles
This article presents a case study of an innovative culturally based therapeutic approach using collective poiesis to improve the functioning of a youth sports team in Jamaica. In recent decades, Jamaica has endured high levels of violence and corruption, and has been ranked among the top four countries in the world in terms of murder rate per capita. We conjecture that a high prevalence of personality
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The adaptation of a youth mental health intervention to a peer-delivery model utilizing CBPR methods and the ADAPT-ITT framework in Sierra Leone. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Jordan A Freeman,Alethea Desrosiers,Carolyn Schafer,Patricia Kamara,Jordan Farrar,Adeyinka M Akinsulure-Smith,Theresa S Betancourt
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) carry a significant proportion of the global burden of untreated mental health disorders. Peer-delivered programs offer LMICs with limited mental health professionals an opportunity to increase mental health service access. This study describes the process of adapting a lay-worker-delivered evidence-based youth mental health intervention to a peer-delivery model
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Selective mutism in immigrant families: An ecocultural perspective. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Ortal Slobodin,Maayan Shorer,Gilor Friedman-Zeltzer,Silvana Fennig
Although the diagnosis of selective mutism (SM) is more prevalent among immigrant children, the link between the disorder and an immigration background has been elusive. Guided by ecocultural models of development, the current study aimed to construct a theory-based description of SM while considering individual, family, and contextual risk factors. Participants were 78 children with SM (38.4% with
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'We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well': A visual exploration of what promotes successful collaboration between community mental health workers and healers in Ghana. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Lily Kpobi,Ursula M Read,Roberta K Selormey,Erminia Colucci
The practices of traditional and faith-based healers in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and elsewhere have come under intense scrutiny in recent years owing to allegations of human rights abuses. To mitigate these, there have been calls to develop collaborations between healers and formal health services to optimise available mental health interventions in poorly resourced contexts. For
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The impact of cultural identity, parental communication, and peer influence on substance use among Indigenous youth in Canada. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Ashley Reynolds,Matthew T Keough,Adrienne Blacklock,Curtis Tootoosis,Joseph Whelan,Emiliana Bomfim,Christopher Mushquash,Dennis C Wendt,Roisin M O'Connor,Jacob A Burack
Heavy drinking and smoking have been found to be among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality within Indigenous youth in North America. The focus of this study was to examine the relative roles of cultural identity, parent-child communication about the harms of substance use (SU), and perception about peers' opinions on heavy drinking and cigarette smoking among Indigenous youth. Strong Indigenous
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Mental health and access to care among the Roma population in Europe: A scoping review. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Zoe Guerrero,Dagmar Civišová,Petr Winkler
The Roma are Europe's largest ethnic minority group, and often face discrimination and social exclusion. Social strife and lack of access to healthcare are associated with increased symptoms of psychopathology. We aimed to review evidence on mental health outcomes and on access to mental healthcare among the Roma population in Europe. We systematically searched five databases (PsycINFO, Global Health
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Voice hearing as a social barometer: Benevolent persuasion, ancestral spirits, and politics in the voices of psychosis in Shanghai, China. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Emily Ng,Fazhan Chen,Xudong Zhao,Tanya Marie Luhrmann
The comparative study of voice hearing is in its early stages. This approach is important due to the observation that the content of voices differs across different settings, which suggests that voice hearing may respond to cultural invitation and, ultimately, to learning. Our interview-based study found that persons diagnosed with schizophrenia in China (Shanghai), compared to those diagnosed with
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"I base my life on sadness": Apparently paradoxical sources of resilience among young Haitians. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Kristine Elvevold Andreassen,Anna Luise Kirkengen,May-Lill Johansen
Haitian expressions of resilience also hold deep knowledge of human vulnerability. This longitudinal, qualitative study with young Haitians from urban shantytowns combines ethnographic and participatory methods to explore the complexities behind such idioms. Artistic and creative products made by or with the youth facilitated interviews, focus group discussions, and workshops. Through the life stories
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Psychiatric disorders in inpatient Ethiopian migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Karim Abdel Aziz,Hawraa Sameer Sajwani,Mohammed Galadari,Abeer Al-Ammari,Jameilah AlHassani,Nawwaf Al-Nuaimi,Mohamed Elhassan Elamin,Dina Aly El-Gabry
Migrant workers have higher rates of mental health problems than non-migrant workers, with Ethiopian migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates appearing to be overrepresented in the psychiatric inpatient population compared with their numbers in the general population. We sought to investigate the pattern of psychiatric inpatient admissions in Ethiopian migrant workers over a 10-year period (2011-2020)
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Trauma, risk, and resilience: A qualitative study of mental health in post-conflict Liberia. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Manasi Sharma,Allison Backman,Oriana Vesga-Lopez,Lazaro Zayas,Benjamin Harris,David C Henderson,Karestan C Koenen,David R Williams,Christina P C Borba
The Liberian civil wars led to widespread destruction and devastation for its individuals, communities, and economy. However, individuals' subjective trauma experiences and long-term psychological impact remain relatively understudied. This study aims to explore context-specific traumatic events and examine how risk and protective factors combine with traumas to influence trajectories of suffering
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"They should ask about our feelings": Mongolian women's experiences of postpartum depression. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Mellissa Withers,Justin Trop,Munkhuu Bayalag,Simone H Schriger,Solongo Ganbold,Doljinsuren Doripurev,Enkhmaa Davaasambuu,Undral Bat-Erdene,Battulga Gendenjamts
Between 16 and 20% of perinatal women in low- and middle-income countries experience depression. Addressing postpartum depression (PPD) requires an appreciation of how it manifests and is understood in different cultural settings. This study explores postpartum Mongolian women's perceptions and experiences of PPD. We conducted interviews with 35 postpartum women who screened positive for possible depression
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Evaluation of a culturally adapted reminiscence therapy intervention: Improving mood, family and community connectedness in Spanish- and Vietnamese-speaking older adults. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Sadhna Diwan,Angelica Eliazar,Duy Pham,Maria Fuentes
Reminiscence therapy (RT) is an evidence-based treatment for alleviating depression and improving life satisfaction among elders, yet less is known about its efficacy in diverse ethnic groups. We report on the evaluation of a cultural adaptation of the RT intervention that combines reminiscence with three innovative elements: including family members in RT; conducting community events for participants
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Hearing voices among Russian patients with schizophrenia. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Madelaine Grace Graber Altman,Svetlana Valerievna Kuzmina,Adelina Bulatovna Irkabaeva,Daniel Philippe Mason,Tanya Marie Luhrmann
There has been relatively little work which systematically examines whether the content of hallucinations in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia varies by cultural context. The work that exists finds that it does. The present project explores the way auditory hallucinations, or "voices," manifest in a Russian cultural context. A total of 28 individuals, diagnosed with schizophrenia, who reported
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People with mental illness stigmatize mental illness less: A comparison study between a hospital-based sample of people with mental illness and a non-clinical general population sample in urban India. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Jean-Francois Trani,Bing-Jie Yen,Alexis Duncan,Parul Bakhshi,Trinley Palmo,Sushrut Jadhav,Smita Deshpande
Evidence shows that stigma negatively influences the quality of life of persons with severe mental illness. Nonetheless, stigma towards mental illness is lower among persons with a lived experience of mental illness compared to the rest of the population. Understanding the association between stigma of mental illness and the mental status of individuals living in urban India and whether this association
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Is it pathological to believe conspiracy theories? Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Lisa Bortolotti
According to a naturalist conception of what counts as a disorder, conspiracy beliefs are pathological beliefs if they are the outcome of a cognitive dysfunction. In this article, I take issue with the view that it is pathological to believe a conspiracy theory. After reviewing several approaches to the aetiology of conspiracy beliefs, I find that no approach compels us to view conspiracy beliefs as
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Images that speak: A Portuguese Photovoice study on the psychosocial experience of a migrant population from Cape Verde after a first episode of psychosis. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Salomé M Xavier,Sofia Barbosa,Ana Filipa Correia,Vera Dindo,Márcia Sequeira,Teresa Maia,Ana Rita Goes
Several migrant populations have been identified worldwide as high-risk groups for psychosis because of their experience of social adversity. Recent evidence suggests that the local contexts in which these populations live should be addressed in their complexity to take into account individual and larger societal environmental aspects. This study aimed to assess the lived experiences of a group of
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Critical reflections on the concept and impact of "scaling up" in Global Mental Health. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 C Bayetti,P Bakhshi,B Davar,G C Khemka,P Kothari,M Kumar,W Kwon,K Mathias,C Mills,C R Montenegro,J F Trani,S Jain
The field of Global Mental Health (GMH) aims to address the global burden of mental illness by focusing on closing the "treatment gap" faced by many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To increase access to services, GMH prioritizes "scaling up" mental health services, primarily advocating for the export of Western centred and developed biomedical and psychosocial "evidence-based" approaches
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Screening depression and anxiety in Indigenous peoples: A global scoping review. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Kathryn Meldrum,Ellaina Andersson,Torres Webb,Rachel Quigley,Edward Strivens,Sarah Russell
Indigenous peoples' worldviews are intricately interconnected and interrelated with their communities and the environments in which they live. Their worldviews also manifest in a holistic view of health and well-being, which contrasts with those of the dominant western biomedical model. However, screening depression and/or anxiety in Indigenous peoples often occurs using standard western tools. Understandably
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Gender (in)equity in global mental health research: A call to action. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 ,Kelly Rose-Clarke
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Lessons learned from the translation of the Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale into isiXhosa for use with South African Xhosa people with schizophrenia. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Olivia P Matshabane,Paul S Appelbaum,Marlyn C Faure,Patricia A Marshall,Dan J Stein,Jantina de Vries,Megan M Campbell
Internalised stigma is highly prevalent among people with mental illness. This is concerning because internalised stigma is often associated with negative consequences affecting individuals' personal, familial, social, and overall wellbeing, employment opportunities and recovery. Currently, there is no psychometrically validated instrument to measure internalised stigma among Xhosa people in their
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Contingent universality: The epistemic politics of global mental health. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Dörte Bemme
The field of global mental health (GMH) has undergone profound changes over the past decade. Outgrowing its earlier agenda it has performed a reflexive turn, broadened towards a social paradigm and developed new modes of knowledge production, all of which reshaped 'mental health' as a global object of knowledge and care, and the epistemic politics of the field. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork
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Engaging with care in an early intervention for psychosis program: The role of language, communication, and culture. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Anika Maraj,Manuela Ferrari,Kathleen MacDonald,Matthew Peters,Ridha Joober,Jai L Shah,Srividya N Iyer
Language is an important aspect of communication and language status is known to impact healthcare accessibility, its perceived suitability, and outcomes. However, its influence on treatment engagement and/or disengagement is unknown. Our study therefore sought to investigate the impact of language on service disengagement in an early intervention psychosis program in Montreal, Quebec (a province with
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Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a culturally adapted Arabic version of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) among Palestinian Arabs in Israel Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Sara Daass-Iraqi, Paula Garber-Epstein, David Roe
The Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program has been implemented in several countries including Israel. This study examines, from the perspective of Arab practitioners, facilitators and barri...
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Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a culturally adapted Arabic version of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) among Palestinian Arabs in Israel. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Sara Daass-Iraqi,Paula Garber-Epstein,David Roe
The Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program has been implemented in several countries including Israel. This study examines, from the perspective of Arab practitioners, facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a culturally-adapted version of the IMR intervention among Arabs with serious mental illness in Israel. Fourteen Arab practitioners who had delivered the culturally adapted IMR
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A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Alec Terrana, Wael Al-Delaimy
As psychological resilience has been increasingly recognized as contextually constructed, mixed methods studies that map out local ecologies of resilience have become increasingly common. However, ...
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Coping strategies of unaccompanied refugee minors shortly after arrival in Belgium Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Malte Behrendt, Ine Lietaert, Sarah Bal, Ilse Derluyn
Unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are a group in an especially vulnerable situation with heightened psychological suffering due to both stressful life events and current daily stressors. Research...
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Strès ak Pwoblèm Pap Janm Fini: Deciphering migration-related stress from the perspectives of Haitian immigrants in Florida Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Dany Fanfan, Carmen Rodríguez, Jeanne-Marie R. Stacciarini
Relocating and starting a new life in a foreign country may entail a constellation of new stressors for Haitian immigrants; thus, research that enhances our understanding of how this vulnerable pop...
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Documenting language barriers in a general hospital psychiatry setting Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Krystel Arpin-Gemme, Eden Noah Gelgoot, Alessandra Miklavcic, G. Eric Jarvis
Previous research has demonstrated that without the use of professional interpreters, language barriers interfere with patient care. The literature recommends documenting the presence of language b...
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Strès ak Pwoblèm Pap Janm Fini: Deciphering migration-related stress from the perspectives of Haitian immigrants in Florida. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Dany Fanfan,Carmen Rodríguez,Jeanne-Marie R Stacciarini
Relocating and starting a new life in a foreign country may entail a constellation of new stressors for Haitian immigrants; thus, research that enhances our understanding of how this vulnerable population contextualizes migration-related stress is necessary. The objectives of this study were to: (a) identify what factors are associated with migration-related stress, and (b) describe which and why specific
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Documenting language barriers in a general hospital psychiatry setting. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Krystel Arpin-Gemme,Eden Noah Gelgoot,Alessandra Miklavcic,G Eric Jarvis
Previous research has demonstrated that without the use of professional interpreters, language barriers interfere with patient care. The literature recommends documenting the presence of language barriers in medical charts. To our knowledge, this mixed methods study is the first to examine language documentation practices in a Canadian inpatient psychiatry setting. The research team interviewed 122
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A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors. Transcult. Psychiatry (IF 2.39) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Alec Terrana,Wael Al-Delaimy
As psychological resilience has been increasingly recognized as contextually constructed, mixed methods studies that map out local ecologies of resilience have become increasingly common. However, the direct adaptation of quantitative tools for cross-cultural use based on qualitative findings has been relatively lacking. The current review aims to provide an overview of existing measures of resilience