Cultural Bias in Diagnosis

DSM + Misc

200

What region was the DSM created in/where did it take research consideration from?

Euro-American centric 

300

What is CFI an acronym for? - the 16-question tool used in the DSM-5 for clinicians to conduct person-centered, culturally competent assessments.

Cultural Formulation Interview 

400

This can lead to incorrect treatment, can cause harm or worsening symptoms, create mistrust in the healthcare system, and reinforce health disparities across race and culture

Cultural Bias 

500

African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Latinos often receive WHAT due to the history of pathologizing cultural and racial differences that oppose the norms of White American mainstream culture

UNDERdiagnosis 

Misdiagnosis

400

In what culture is emotional distress often described as sadness and anxiety 

Western Culture 

500

In what cultures is emotional distress often expressed in physical symptoms like headaches, fatigue, and stomach pain?

East Asian and some Latin American Cultures

Overdiagnosis

100

What are Black patients more likely to be diagnosed with instead of a mood disorder?

Schizophrenia 

200

What are Black patients more likely to receive for medication even when symptoms overlap with other conditions?

Antipsychotics

300

What disorder is often diagnosed using Western countries diagnostic criteria based on young boys 

Autism Spectrum Disorder 

400

Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder may be reinterpreted as WHAT rather than a neurodevelopmental condition?

Personality traits 

500

What is: unconscious favoritism toward or prejudice against people of a particular ethnicity, gender, or social group that influences one's actions or perceptions

Implicit bias 

Cultural expressions

400

Spiritual experiences, visions, or communication with ancestors may be viewed as WHAT in Western frameworks?

Psychosis

500

What are 2 ways some cultures show distress physically rather than verbally?

Headaches and fatigue

Universality/Cultural Relativity

200

Some mental disorders existing across all cultures is called WHAT?

Universality 

300

Culture shaping how symptoms are expressed and understood is called WHAT?

Cultural Relativity 

400

____ may be described as sadness in the U.S., but as physical pain in other cultures

Depression 

500

Mental illness is influenced by what two factors?

Biology and culture