Baskin D
Psychiatr Q. 1984 Spring;56(1):45-53. doi: 10.1007/BF01324631.
Previous published papers by the author addressed the issue of the epidemiology of mental illness across different cultures. This paper departs from this basis and stresses the need for examining mental illness within the context of any given culture. Thus, the application of rigorous criteria, such as those specified by DSM III or ICD-9, to all cultures, regardless of how different behaviors are viewed within the culture is deemed to be specious. Moreover, the treatment of mental illness has been shown to be related to the perception of mental illness within any given culture and is clearly affected by social norms. Mental health professionals from over 20 countries were administered a questionnaire querying whether hypothetical cases would be diagnosed as mentally ill and if so what would be their diagnosis. Differences between professionals were discussed in light of cross-cultural variations. Suggestions for future research are offered.
作者之前发表的论文探讨了不同文化背景下精神疾病的流行病学问题。本文偏离了这一基础，强调需要在任何特定文化背景下审视精神疾病。因此，将严格的标准（如《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版或《国际疾病分类》第九版所规定的标准）应用于所有文化，而不考虑文化中对行为的看法有多大差异，被认为是似是而非的。此外，精神疾病的治疗已被证明与任何特定文化中对精神疾病的认知有关，并且明显受到社会规范的影响。来自20多个国家的心理健康专业人员接受了问卷调查，询问假设病例是否会被诊断为精神疾病，如果是，他们的诊断是什么。根据跨文化差异讨论了专业人员之间的差异。并提供了对未来研究的建议。
