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WEEK 5
CULTURE AND HEALTH
Generally:
Culture has a role in etiology(cause), maintenance and
treatment of diseases.
Cultural beliefs influence the treatment, clinician-
client relationship and understanding of the problem.
There are Cross- cultural differences regarding
perceptions of problems and preferred strategies of
coping with these problems
The traditional model of sickness focuses on
pathogens inside the body.
This was reinforced by the traditional mental illness
model that saw mental distress as emanating from
psychological and physiological states inside the
person as a result of learning or fixation.
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Yin
Translations:
female, passive, negative principle in nature
the moon
shaded orientation
north or shady side of a hill
south of a river
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Yang
Translations:
positive, active, male principle in nature
south or sunny side of a hill
North of a river.
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amorous, happy,
hot and red-cheeked, generous,
Sanguine blood liver air
moist corpulent optimistic,
irresponsible
violent, vengeful,
red-haired,
Choleric yellow bile spleen fire hot and dry short-tempered,
thin
ambitious
Introspective,
gall cold and
Melancholic black bile earth sallow,thin sentimental,
bladder dry
gluttonous
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Cardiovascular disease
Cancer
Goal frustration
Also Negative life events have been linked to
Gastro intestinal disorders
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Addictive disorders
Perceived racism and discrimination
Xenophobia
Tribalism
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Social isolation
1985 Americans had 3 confidants
By 2004 most common answer was that they had no
confidants
Yet there is a relationship between isolation and
cardiovascular disease.
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Why?
Fast food culture... tired over refined, genetically
modified
Soft drinks( too sugary)
Lack of exercise
Soft food to swallow like Ramen, undon
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