“Only Allah Can Heal”: A Cultural Formulation of the Psychological, Religious, and Cultural Experiences of a Somali Man

Starkey, Michael T.; Lee, Hyun Kyung; Tu, Chia Chen; Netland, Jason D.; Goh, Michael; Schuchman, David McGraw; Yusuf, Ahmed

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“…This entails enquiring about these aspects of identity directly, to avoid stereotyping patients or simplifying sociocultural phenomena based on a clinician's determination of the patient's identity (Lewis-Fernández, 1996). Many clinicians advocate for a comprehensive approach that accounts for how a person's cultural identity can change with context (e.g., with family members compared to with strangers from a different ethnicity), including the patient's perception of the clinician's identity (Aggarwal, 2012a; Lim & Lin, 1996; Starkey et al, 2008; Yilmaz & Weiss, 2000). Moreover, this assessment should help the clinician consider how identity, distress, stigma, and language influence symptom expression and interpretation (Acharya, 2009).…”

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Culture and Psychiatric Evaluation: Operationalizing Cultural Formulation forDSM-5

Lewis‐Fernández¹,

Aggarwal²,

Bäärnhielm³

et al. 2014

Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes

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The Outline for Cultural Formulation (OCF) introduced with DSM-IV provided a framework for clinicians to organize cultural information relevant to diagnostic assessment and treatment planning. However, use of the OCF has been inconsistent, raising questions about the need for guidance on implementation, training, and application in diverse settings. To address this need, DSM-5 introduced a cultural formulation interview (CFI) that operationalizes the process of data collection for the OCF. The CFI includes patient and informant versions and 12 supplementary modules addressing specific domains of the OCF. This article summarizes the literature reviews and analyses of experience with the OCF conducted by the DSM-5 Cross-Cultural Issues Subgroup (DCCIS) that informed the development of the CFI. We review the history and contents of the DSM-IV OCF, its use in training programs, and previous attempts to render it operational through questionnaires, protocols, and semi-structured interview formats. Results of research based on the OCF are discussed. For each domain of the OCF, we summarize findings from the DCCIS that led to content revision and operationalization in the CFI. The conclusion discusses training and implementation issues essential to service delivery.

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Culture and Psychiatric Evaluation: Operationalizing Cultural Formulation forDSM-5

Lewis‐Fernández¹,

Aggarwal²,

Bäärnhielm³

et al. 2014

Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes

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130

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“…The series of CF case formulations in CMP was followed by similar case reports in books and several journals. Most of these reports have concerned adult minority patients encountering mental health care in North America; however there is an increasing number of case reports on migrants and refugees (Bäärnhielm & Scarpinati Rosso, 2009; Dinh & Groleau, 2008; Groen, 2009; Lewis-Fernández, 1996; Lim & Lin, 1996; Starkey et al, 2008; Streit, Leblanc, & Mekki-Berrada, 1998; Yilmaz & Weiss, 2000).…”

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The meaning of pain: A cultural formulation of a Syrian woman in Sweden

Bäärnhielm

2011

Transcult Psychiatry

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Ethnography provides a method for psychiatric assessment to obtain an insight into the patient's culture, context, and life situation. The Outline for a Cultural Formulation (CF) is an ethnography-based, idiographic formulation intended to complement the multiaxial assessment in DSM-IV. Its contribution to routine clinical praxis will be discussed with reference to a case of a Syrian-born woman in Sweden. Using the CF in the clinical diagnostic process shifted understanding of the patient's suffering from a mainly somatic frame of reference to an emphasis on emotional and social aspects. The usefulness of ethnography in clinical psychiatric diagnostic practice is discussed.

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Factors Influencing Improvement of Trauma-Related Symptoms Among Somali Refugee Youth in Urban Kenya

Swan

2022

Community Ment Health J

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“Only Allah Can Heal”: A Cultural Formulation of the Psychological, Religious, and Cultural Experiences of a Somali Man

Cited by 3 publications

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Culture and Psychiatric Evaluation: Operationalizing Cultural Formulation forDSM-5

Culture and Psychiatric Evaluation: Operationalizing Cultural Formulation forDSM-5

The meaning of pain: A cultural formulation of a Syrian woman in Sweden

Factors Influencing Improvement of Trauma-Related Symptoms Among Somali Refugee Youth in Urban Kenya

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