Although schizophrenia is considered a mental disorder that is culturally universal, symptomology varies from culture to culture. Beyond the variance in symptomology focus, culture also impacts the __________ of schizophrenia. Choose all that apply.
Explanation
Answers: A and D - Schizophrenia, as with other mental disorders, can be considered both culturally universal, and still have culture variant elements. Culture may impact symptom description (hearing voices in the United States vs. being possessed by evil spirits in some African countries). Culture may also affect the diagnosis of such disorders, as the clinician can be swayed by their own cultural biases. Treatment of schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders, may look different dependent on the culture including medications used, doses given, and even the method of medication management (via a doctor, family member, etc.)
