How to express mental health problems: Turkish immigrants in Berlin compared to native Germans in Berlin and Turks in Istanbul

Vardar, Azra; Kluge, Ulrike; Penka, Simone

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“…As mentioned above, the idiom of distress in which patients communicate with psychiatrists can vary considerably from culture to culture [116]. We know that many languages do not have equivalent words to describe various mental disorders.…”

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“…Cultural competency is not about learning the language or adopting the cultural values of a patient, but rather about respecting differences and making sure that these are bridgeable in order that they do not negatively impact upon the diagnostic and therapeutic process [51,79,96,97,116,127,129]. As rates of psychiatric disorders vary in different minority groups, it is vital that culturally sensitive psychiatric care is provided [1,7,8,25,52,77], e.g.…”

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EPA guidance on cultural competence training

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The stress of migration as well as social factors and changes related to the receiving society may lead to the manifestation of psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals after migration. The diversity of cultures, ethnicities, races and reasons for migration poses a challenge for those seeking to understand how illness is experienced by immigrants whose backgrounds differ significantly from their clinicians. Cultural competence represents good clinical practice and can be defined as such that a clinician regards each patient in the context of the patient's own culture as well as from the perspective of the clinician's cultural values and prejudices. The EPA Guidance on cultural competence training outlines some of the key issues related to cultural competence and how to deal with these. It points out that cultural competence represents a comprehensive response to the mental health care needs of immigrant patients and requires knowledge, skills and attitudes which can improve the effectiveness of psychiatric treatment. To reach these aims, both individual and organizational competence are needed, as well as teaching competence in terms of educational leadership. The WPA Guidance on Mental Health and Mental Health Care for Migrants and the EPA Guidance on Mental Health Care for Migrants list a series of recommendations for policy makers, service providers and clinicians; these are aimed at improving mental health care for immigrants. The authors of this paper would like to underline these recommendations and, focusing on cultural competency and training, believe that they will be of positive value.

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“…In addition, it is important to ask whether the immigrant adolescents in diverse societies have shown similar psychological well-being states. In some cases, immigrant adolescents have displayed lower psychological well-being (Chadwick & Collins, 2015;Passanisia, Gensabellaa, & Pirroneb, 2015;Vardar, Kluge, & Penka, 2012). However, in some societies such as the United States, Spain, and Italy, the immigrant adolescents have shown unexpected positive psychological well-being (Akbulut-Yuksela & Kuglerb, 2016;Bobowik, Basabe, & Páez, 2015;Lara, 2014;Passanisia et al, 2015).…”

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Mansour³

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This study explored the relationship between gender, family income, and parenting with positive well-being of Iranian adolescents who have migrated to Malaysia. 194 girls and boys, aged 11-15 years, participated in the study by stratified random sampling. Positive Youth Development-Short Form (PYD-SF) and Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) were employed. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used by applying Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) for data analysis. Results showed that there were no significant relationships between the adolescents' gender and family income and their positive well-being. However, there was a significant association between parenting and positive well-being of Iranian adolescents in Malaysia.

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“…Furthermore, should such a study include only subjects speaking Turkish or any other language currently present in Turkey or does it simply aim at individuals with a Turkish family background (Terkessidis, 2004; Aichberger et al, 2012; Bromand et al, 2012; Heredia-Montesinos et al, 2012)? While language patterns actually appear to influence idioms of distress to a considerable degree, which needs to be reflected in patient-healer interactions (Kleinman, 1981; Penka et al, 2003; Napo et al, 2012; Vardar et al, 2012), “culture” apparently is often used to denote supposedly more profound and potentially biologically rooted differences between groups. The term “culture”, particularly when used to describe individuals originating from certain national states, thus often tends to ignore diversity and to suggest a homogeneity that consciously or unconsciously appears to extend into the realm of biological similarities and differences (Martínez Mateo et al, 2012).…”

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The uncanny return of the race concept

Heinz

Müller

Krach

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Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The aim of this Hypothesis and Theory is to question the recently increasing use of the “race” concept in contemporary genetic, psychiatric, neuroscience as well as social studies. We discuss “race” and related terms used to assign individuals to distinct groups and caution that also concepts such as “ethnicity” or “culture” unduly neglect diversity. We suggest that one factor contributing to the dangerous nature of the “race” concept is that it is based on a mixture of traditional stereotypes about “physiognomy”, which are deeply imbued by colonial traditions. Furthermore, the social impact of “race classifications” will be critically reflected. We then examine current ways to apply the term “culture” and caution that while originally derived from a fundamentally different background, “culture” is all too often used as a proxy for “race”, particularly when referring to the population of a certain national state or wider region. When used in such contexts, suggesting that all inhabitants of a geographical or political unit belong to a certain “culture” tends to ignore diversity and to suggest a homogeneity, which consciously or unconsciously appears to extend into the realm of biological similarities and differences. Finally, we discuss alternative approaches and their respective relevance to biological and cultural studies.

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How to express mental health problems: Turkish immigrants in Berlin compared to native Germans in Berlin and Turks in Istanbul

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