Why is this happening to me? – a comparison of illness representations between Iranian and German people with mental illness

Why is this happening to me? – a comparison of illness representations between Iranian and German people with mental illness

Abstract Background Due to an increase in migration and globalization, cross-cultural encounters in health care are also becoming more frequent. As psychotherapy is grounded in a cultural context and must be congruent with the patient’s cultural beliefs of his or her illness in order to be effective...

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Main Authors: Judith Reichardt, Amrollah Ebrahimi, Hamid Nasiri Dehsorkhi, Ricarda Mewes, Cornelia Weise, Hamid Afshar, Peyman Adibi, Said Moshref Dehkordy, Gholamreza Yeganeh, Hanna Reich, Winfried Rief
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Psychology
Subjects:
Illness representations
Causal beliefs
Mental disorders
Cross-cultural comparison
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-018-0250-3

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