Culture and depression

Author/s
Amanda Birkstock, Ahmed Hankir, Dinesh Bhugra, Rashid Zaman
Citation
Issue 5 Winter 2018
CEPiP.2018.1.226-229
Abstract

To treat depression effectively, members of the multi-disciplinary mental health team must adopt a holistic approach that incorporates the biopsychosocial model of disease. Other factors such as religiosity, spirituality and culture must also be taken into consideration when eliciting a psychiatric history from a patient experiencing depressive illness. This review article focuses on the cultural factors of depressive illness and how these can influence disease detection, progression, treatment and outcome.

Keywords: depression, culture, idioms of distress, cultural literacy

Cite as: Cutting Edge Psychiatry in Practice 2018, 5(1):226-229; https://doi.org/10.65031/jszm1681

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