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MENTAL HEALTH

Materials provided here are neither intended nor suitable for individuals needing practical assistance with specific mental health problems of their own or of friends/family/colleagues. For such situations, people should contact local mental health agencies, doctors, or other health care professionals. Some access points are provided here.

 
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Cultural / Sociological Considerations

There is a important and complicated relationship between "mental health" as a biological and/or medical attribute of individuals, on the one hand, and, on the other, cultural expectations, definitions, and influences on individual behavior. Cultural factors are important in defining "mental health" and may play a role in altering the "mental health" status of individuals. In addition, changes in culture may affect the environment around individuals in a way that influences whether they are or are not seen as "healthy". The references provided here are intended to allow readers to explore all of these complex interplays between individual behavior and the social/cultural context within which it occurs and is evaluated.

CULTURAL CONCEPTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CULTURE AS AN ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR IN MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND MENTAL HEALTH CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATIONS



CULTURAL CONCEPTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH


CULTURE AS AN ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR IN MENTAL HEALTH


SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND MENTAL HEALTH


CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATIONS


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These resource lists are being maintained by Debbie Plotnick, working with Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology, and James Martin, School of Social Work and Social Research, at Bryn Mawr College. Suggestions for additions to the list are welcome, as are more general thoughts about how to most effectively make available information, and promote conversation, about issues of mental health. Contact dplotnic@brynmawr.edu - pgrobste@brynmawr.edu - jmartin@brynmawr.edu.


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