Abstract
The incidence of schizophrenia, as well as the symptoms, course, and outcomes for people so diagnosed seem to vary across
some cultural contexts. The mechanisms by which cultural variations may protect one from or increase one’s risk of developing
schizophrenia remain unclear. Recent findings from transdisciplinary cross-cultural research, indicate ways that we may better
understand how socioenvironmental and cultural variables interact with physiologic pathways relating psychosocial stress and
psychotic symptoms, epigenetic changes, and people’s use of culturally available tools to mitigate stress, in ways that may
inform relevant, effective interventions for people diagnosed with psychotic disorders worldwide.
some cultural contexts. The mechanisms by which cultural variations may protect one from or increase one’s risk of developing
schizophrenia remain unclear. Recent findings from transdisciplinary cross-cultural research, indicate ways that we may better
understand how socioenvironmental and cultural variables interact with physiologic pathways relating psychosocial stress and
psychotic symptoms, epigenetic changes, and people’s use of culturally available tools to mitigate stress, in ways that may
inform relevant, effective interventions for people diagnosed with psychotic disorders worldwide.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 305-311
- DOI 10.1007/s11920-011-0208-0
- Authors
- Neely Laurenzo Myers, Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- Journal Current Psychiatry Reports
- Online ISSN 1535-1645
- Print ISSN 1523-3812
- Journal Volume Volume 13
- Journal Issue Volume 13, Number 4 / August, 2011