Five pages double spaced font 12 and APA format paper on culture and mental health. Minimum of five scholarly articles cited.
You can describe the strong cultural component present in the study of abnormal psychology. Students can choose specific cross-cultural differences in some of the understandings of specific disorders and some of the dangers of falling into absolutist paradigms in psychology. You may also look at variations in terms of the distribution of mental health disorders diagnosed in various countries worldwide.
For this paper, I recommend looking at specific cross-cultural research and studies related to diagnostic rates and differences in the understanding of psychopathology. Examples can be issues like eating disorders, schizophrenia, and other pathologies that include a cultural component.
