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Your clinical supervisor explains that her new policy requires all therapists and clients to belong to the same ethnic group. What is she trying to achieve by this policy?

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Which European country has the highest suicide rate among Western nations?

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As a board certified professional, you diagnosed your client, a 22-year-old man, with "demonic possession." Upon submitting your claim to his insurance company for payment, you quickly find that they refuse to compensate you. Why did this happen?

The combination of Asian cultures' belief in the unity of the mind and body with the Asian tendency not to express feelings openly may lead to the presentation of psychological complaints and the underreporting of somatic symptoms.

What is the name for recurrent, locally specific patterns of aberrant behavior and troubling experience that are generally limited to specific societies or areas and indicate repetitive sets of symptoms?

Explain the negative consequences of stereotype-based anticipations related to personality disorders.

The "__________" is a view or perspective of psychological disorders, according to which human beings develop ideas, establish behavioral norms, and learn emotional responses consistent with a set of cultural prescriptions.

What is the repressive adaptive style in coping with illness?

Collectivist norms allow some very limited deviance from what is considered appropriate behavior. As a result, there should be more tolerance of and more social sanctions against any exhibition of histrionic or anti-social traits.

Research shows that, in many rural African communities, psychological disorders are primarily associated with behaviors that demonstrate___________.

The cultural background of a professional (a psychologist, for example) can influence and often distort his or her perception of psychological and behavioral symptoms in other people. This is an example of a culture-bound syndrome.

"Frigophobia" refers to a culture-bound syndrome occurring in China that is signified by an excessive fear of being cold.

Michael Phillip's (2004) research revealed that Schizophrenia was more prevalent in Chinese females than males.

"Dhat" is a cultural syndrome that occurs primarily in India. However, similar conditions also occur in which two countries?

The "____________" is a view or perspective of psychological disorders, according to which people share a great number of similar features, attitudes, values, and behavioral responses despite cultural differences.

In terms of personality disorders studied across cultures, what does the term pathologization mean?

Across cultures, the prevalence of alcohol use and abuse is greater in women than men.

Discuss possible reasons why the study conducted by Michael Phillips and colleagues in China (2004) showed that schizophrenia was more prevalent in Chinese females.

Which ethnic group in the United States tends to use mental health services the least?

Symptoms of psychological disorders that are observable in practically all cultures are called "______________."