The Clinical Ethnographic Interview: A user-friendly guide to the cultural formulation of distress and help seeking

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-322

  Arnault, Denise Saint ^a   Shimabukuro, Shizuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical ethnography; cross cultural assessment; Japanese culture; women's health

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEAR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84859787148     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511425877     Document Type: Article

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