Cultural perspectives

This volume covers topics including cultural perspectives in psychiatric diagnosis and psychopharmacotherapy, differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of psychotropics, pharmacogenetics of ethnic populations, ethnic variations in psychotropic responses, complementary medicines in mental disorders, attitudes towards psychotropic medications, prescribing practices in Asia-Pacific countries, pharmaco-economic implications, integrating theory and practice, and... 

Failing to take the cultural perspective into account can therefore mean that normal variations in the behavior of persons belonging to one culture are seen... 

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A further divide between risk analysts arises between realism and constructionism, but this debate can be seen as unifying positivist and relativist approaches. Constructionism considers how social and cultural perspectives influence risk definitions and interpretations [12]. In comparison, realists exclude social and cultural phenomena in their reference of risk, but do acknowledge their existence [12]. Constructionism resembles constrained relativism and does not represent the paradigms of the unconstrained relativists. For positivists and realists, acknowledging risk perceptions provides a potential framework to incorporate the risk perceptions into their process of risk analysis because risk perceptions can be subject to scientific analysis as social phenomena. 

Social and cultural perspectives involved in determining risk tolerability and implementing risk management measures. 

Dobkin de Rios, Marlene. 1976. The Wilderness of Mind Sacred Plants in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Beverly Hills Sage Publications. 

Cultural factors have a major influence on drinking patterns and their interpretation in a given society. See this site for an extreme cultural perspective with links to scholarly references. 

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Appadurai, Arjun (ed.) 1988. The Social Life of Things Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Cambridge University Press. 

Cultural relativism is defined as the interpretation of experience and knowledge in the light of a specific personal and cultural perspective (Herskovits, Melville. Cultural Relativism Perspectives in Cultural Pluralism Random House New York, 1972 p 15). Scientific relativism may be defined analogously. 

If you have an African American suffering from paranoia, it may be considered a healthy paranoia based the patient s perception of society , said Zeber, who works at the Veterans Affairs Department s Health Services Research and Development Center in San Antonio. Misdiagnosis can be due to a different cultural perspective of bizarre behavior. Failure to appreciate that social and cultural factors play a role in the diagnostic process can lead to some patients being erroneously stereotyped, which causes errors in treatment. 

ISBN 0-7923 703-X Pb 0-7923 704-8 W.W. Cobern (ed.) Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education. An International Dialogue. 1998 ISBN 0-7923-4987-3 Pb 0-7923 988-1... 

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