INVITED ESSAY: Religion and Mental Health in Cultural Perspective: Observations and Reflections After The First International Congress on Religion and Mental Health, Tehran, 16-19 April 2001

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiva Khalili ◽  
Sebastian Murken ◽  
K. Helmut Reich ◽  
Ashiq Ali Shah ◽  
Abdolvahab Vahabzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Cultural Perspective

Mental health in cultural perspective

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Knipscheer ◽  
R. J. Kleber ◽  
M. J. M. Van Son
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cultural Perspective

The Community and the Aggressive Child

1948 ◽  
Vol 94 (396) ◽  
pp. 623-628
Author(s):  
J. D. W. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Aggressive Child ◽  
The Subject

A subject such as this is much too large to deal with at all fully in a short paper. As it is designed as a preparatory review of this topic as it applies to Great Britain, the subject being dealt with at the International Congress of Mental Health by delegates from overseas, I am placing the emphasis on the community rather than on the aggressive child. It is necessary, however, to consider what the aggressive child does to the community and why, in addition to discussing what the community does to the aggressive child, and the reason for this.

A Study of Patient's Perspective of Schizophrenia Using Emic Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s249-s249
Author(s):  
D. Sanyal ◽  
D. Das
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Faith Healer ◽  
Mental Health Specialist ◽  
Health Specialist ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Emic Perspective

IntroductionKnowledge about how patients perceive mental illness and how it possibly influences help seeking behaviour is important in development of proper plan for mental health reform.ObjectiveThis study planned to study disease related perception, first help seeking behaviour and stigma among schizophrenia patients admitted at a hospital.Aims(1) To know about patient's view regarding the problems; (2) attempt to predict help seeking behaviour.MethodsFifty-one patients suffering from schizophrenia according to DSM-5 and fit to be interviewed were assessed using EMIC (Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue) to get emic (insider or person's own cultural) perspective of disease related perception, help seeking behaviour and stigma.ResultsTerms used to describe their illness included “depression” (21.6%), “mental” (17.6%) “matha kharap” (9.8%). Most common perceived cause was stress (25.5%) and sorcery (23.5). Mental health specialist was visited by 27.5% Faith healer consultation was high (29.4%). Stigma score was higher with marriage related issues and social isolation. Using exhaustive CHAID analysis, it was found that patients with negative themes as disease name like “matha kharap” (loosely meaning crazy) are more likely to visit faith healers, while patients naming the condition with some medical related term like depression were more likely to visit mental health specialist.ConclusionClearly perception of patients regarding mental illness and its causation varies greatly from the way psychiatrists’ viewpoint and this perception is likely to influence help seeking behaviour. Understanding these issues is likely to enable better patient awareness and proper formulation of plans to address mental health issues.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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