Add to ORKGDue to the difficulty in detection of multiple personality disorder (MPD), this dissociative disorder is frequently misdiagnosed and ineffectively treated. In this case report of MPD in a Hispanic woman, the author compares and contrasts her presentation of symptoms with those of the culturally accepted ataque de nervios, or ''Puerto Rican syndrome. " It is theorized that the similarities may increase the incidence ofmisdiagnosis ofMPD in Hispanics and it is recommended that the diagnosis ofMPD be considered in Hispan-ics with histories of ataque
Reviews the book, Assessing Hispanic clients using the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-A by James N. Butcher, Jo...
Culture is widely thought to influence the form, con-tent, and extent of symptoms experienced and ex...
BACKGROUND: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and con...
Due to the difficulty in detection of multiple personality disorder (MPD), this dissociative disorde...
Ataque de nervios (ATQ) and padecer de nervios (PNRV) are considered culture-bound syndromes with ov...
Culture-bound syndromes have proven to be significant indicators for social and psychiatric vulnerab...
Abstract Background Cultural issues are important for diagnostic validity between different countr...
Objectives. We examined the prevalence of depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders among Lat...
Previous research in the UK has suggested that cross-cultural bias in personality disorder diagnosis...
Dissociation, including multiple personality disorder, has long been a controversial topic. Patients...
There are different forms of multiple personality disorder (MPD) that vary on a dissociative continu...
The present paper is directed at presenting a series of studies that demonstrate that Puerto Ricans ...
M.A.Szasz (1961), in a book entitled, "The Myth of Mental Illness", argues about the age-old debate,...
In psychiatric nosology, the need to develop a common language to increase diagnostic reliability ha...
The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders is being accepted by most countries and...
Reviews the book, Assessing Hispanic clients using the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-A by James N. Butcher, Jo...
Culture is widely thought to influence the form, con-tent, and extent of symptoms experienced and ex...
BACKGROUND: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and con...
Due to the difficulty in detection of multiple personality disorder (MPD), this dissociative disorde...
Ataque de nervios (ATQ) and padecer de nervios (PNRV) are considered culture-bound syndromes with ov...
Culture-bound syndromes have proven to be significant indicators for social and psychiatric vulnerab...
Abstract Background Cultural issues are important for diagnostic validity between different countr...
Objectives. We examined the prevalence of depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders among Lat...
Previous research in the UK has suggested that cross-cultural bias in personality disorder diagnosis...
Dissociation, including multiple personality disorder, has long been a controversial topic. Patients...
There are different forms of multiple personality disorder (MPD) that vary on a dissociative continu...
The present paper is directed at presenting a series of studies that demonstrate that Puerto Ricans ...
M.A.Szasz (1961), in a book entitled, "The Myth of Mental Illness", argues about the age-old debate,...
In psychiatric nosology, the need to develop a common language to increase diagnostic reliability ha...
The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders is being accepted by most countries and...
Reviews the book, Assessing Hispanic clients using the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-A by James N. Butcher, Jo...
Culture is widely thought to influence the form, con-tent, and extent of symptoms experienced and ex...
BACKGROUND: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and con...