Addressing cultural influences of
individuals with mental illness
Addressing cultural influences of individuals with mental illness
A brief summary of the article you selected and explain the
approach the article suggests for addressing cultural influences
of individuals with mental illness. Then explain how you, as a
social worker, might utilize the “Cultural Formulation Interview” in
the DSM-5 to apply cultural competence skills when working with
clients who need help managing a mental illness. Finally, explain
how acculturation affects an individual psychologically and
sociocultural and describe a strategy you would implement as a
social worker to help with the process. The article is listed below:
Fu Keung Wong, D. (2007). Uncovering sociocultural factors
influencing the pathway to care of chinese caregivers with
relatives suffering from early psychosis in hong kong.Culture,
Medicine & Psychiatry, 31(1), 51-71. doi:10.1007/s11013-006-9038-7
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical
manual of mental disorders(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American
Psychiatric Publishing.
“Cultural Formulation” (pp. 749–759)
Review the cultural formulation interview in the DSM-5 to help
answer this question as wel

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