Idioms of distress have been employed in psychological anthropology and global mental
health to solicit localized understandings of suffering. The idiom “thinking too much” is …

The contributions to this issue of Transcultural Psychiatry on cultural concepts of distress
show how much work on this topic has evolved and equally what remains to be done. In this …

Early cross-cultural psychiatry was concerned with the study of cultural difference to make
possible the application of biomedical psychiatric categories in non-Western settings. In the …

In Rethinking Diabetes, Emily Mendenhall investigates how global and local factors
transform how diabetes is perceived, experienced, and embodied from place to place …

Sociocultural factors largely shape how communities conceptualize, express, and respond
to mental and relational health problems. This paper reviews and summarizes literature on …

Objectives We aimed to explore the perceptions towards dementia and related care across
three stakeholder groups in rural Kenya. Methods A total of 38 key stakeholders (carers of …

This systematic review assesses the relationship between climate induced coastal hazards
and psychological well-being of communities in the Asia-Pacific region. The review …

In low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) it is vital to understand acceptable,
comprehensive, and culturally appropriate ways of communicating about mental distress …

Community is deemed a central resource for the improvement of health, across disciplines,
contexts and conditions. However, what is meant by this term is rarely critically explored. In …

Abstract Background: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Patient
Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) are widely used depression screening tools, yet …