Culture or Psychosis: A Social Behavior that Prompts a Psychopathology or a Psychopathology that Prompts a Social Behavior?

Authors

  • Paula Ariadna Corzo Pérez Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revmedica.v2.1317

Keywords:

Psychosis, Culture, Beliefs

Abstract

The aim of this review is to illustrate through a case tried, the difficulties encountered while dealing with patients’ special cultures and beliefs, which require a culture assessment, given its special features. Also, this review aims at providing basic tools for understanding and analyzing the impact of the cultural environment. In the event that a health professional stands in front of cross culture context in his daily practice, one in which magical and spiritual elements dominate, he/she must have the ability to assess it in a scientifically, way but without interfering with the cultural belief of the individuals. The F44.3 The Trance and Possession Disorder (9) was included in the 1999 International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) of the World Health Organization for epidemiological and planning purposes. However, this inclusion is not sufficient to describe the complexity of the behaviors and thought patterns related to all different culture beliefs.

Author Biography

Paula Ariadna Corzo Pérez, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Medico Cirujano graduada de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Especialista en Psiquiatría graduada de la Universidad Militar de Nueva Granada. Candidata Doctorado en Bioética Universidad Militar de Nueva Granada. Actualmente Docente de la Facultada de Medicina de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia sede Villavicencio. Coordinadora de Investigación Clínica Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Psiquiatra Hospitalaria Clínica del Sistema Nervioso Renovar.

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Published

2013-03-05

How to Cite

Corzo Pérez, P. A. (2013). Culture or Psychosis: A Social Behavior that Prompts a Psychopathology or a Psychopathology that Prompts a Social Behavior?. MEDICA REVIEW. International Medical Humanities Review Revista Internacional De Humanidades Médicas, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revmedica.v2.1317

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Research articles

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