Cultural bereavement
Cultural bereavement is the experience of grief over feeling bereaved of one's perceived culture or cultural identity. The phenomenon can include the loss of societal structures or native language, among other things. It is a common feature of human migration. Authors for World Psychiatry state that it "can be viewed as a healthy reaction and a natural consequence of migration; however, if the symptoms cause significant distress or impairment and last for a specified period of time, psychiatric intervention may be warranted".[1][2][3][4]
See also
[edit]- Cultural assimilation
- Cultural genocide
- Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement
- Refugee health
- Hiraeth
References
[edit]- ^ Bhugra D, Becker MA (February 2005). "Migration, cultural bereavement and cultural identity". World Psychiatry. 4 (1): 18–24. PMC 1414713. PMID 16633496.
- ^ Eisenbruch M. The cultural bereavement interview: a new clinical research approach for refugees. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1990 Dec;13(4):715-35. PMID: 2281015.
- ^ Eisenbruch M. From post-traumatic stress disorder to cultural bereavement: diagnosis of Southeast Asian refugees. Social Science & Medicine. 1991;33(6):673-80. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90021-4. PMID: 1957187.
- ^ Eisenbruch M. Toward a culturally sensitive DSM: cultural bereavement in Cambodian refugees and the traditional healer as taxonomist. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1992 Jan;180(1):8-10. doi: 10.1097/00005053-199201000-00004. PMID: 1538212.