Looking for "a good doctor": a cultural formulation of the treatment of a First Nations woman using western and First Nations method.

The following paper utilizes the DSM-IV suggested clinical and cultural formulation to present an example of how First Nations and western treatment methods can work together to treat a First Nation's woman with a serious mental disorder. The formulation provides reflections on cultural element...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohatt, GV, Varvin, S.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: UNM Digital Repository 1998
Subjects:
Adolescence
Case Report
Culture
Female
Medicine
Traditional
Mental Healing
Physician-Patient Relations
Psychotic Disorders/Therapy
Psychotic Disorders/Diagnosis
First Nations
Online Access:https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nhd/113
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=nhd
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Summary:The following paper utilizes the DSM-IV suggested clinical and cultural formulation to present an example of how First Nations and western treatment methods can work together to treat a First Nation's woman with a serious mental disorder. The formulation provides reflections on cultural elements in the diagnosis and what distinct and common elements are present in the First Nations and western explanatory models for etiology and treatment.

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