Razak Asrenee Ab
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Malays J Med Sci. 2017 Mar;24(2):1-5. doi: 10.21315/mjms2017.24.2.1. Epub 2017 Apr 14.
The concept of the cultural construction of illness is important in terms of understanding people's behaviour. In this article, this idea is applied to psychiatric illness in Malaysia to explore how it is informed by sociocultural elements, a process that will help us understand the psychiatric expression and help-seeking behaviour of the country's population.
疾病文化建构的概念对于理解人们的行为很重要。在本文中,这一理念被应用于马来西亚的精神疾病,以探究其如何受到社会文化因素的影响,这一过程将有助于我们理解该国人口的精神疾病表现及求助行为。