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The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the classification of personality disorders
Migrants and ethnic minorities are at risk of being under- and overdiagnosed with personality disorders (PDs). A culturally informed approach to the classification of PDs guides clinicians in incorporating migration processes and cultural factors, to arrive at a reliable and valid assessment of pers...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34569380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13634615211036408 |
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author | Najjarkakhaki, Ardalan Ghane, Samrad |
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description | Migrants and ethnic minorities are at risk of being under- and overdiagnosed with personality disorders (PDs). A culturally informed approach to the classification of PDs guides clinicians in incorporating migration processes and cultural factors, to arrive at a reliable and valid assessment of personality pathology. In this article, we provide a tentative framework to highlight specific interactions between personality disorders, migration processes, and cultural factors. It is argued that migration processes can merely resemble personality pathology, activate certain (latent) vulnerabilities, and aggravate pre-existing personality pathology. We propose that these migration processes can include manifestations of grief about the loss of pre-migratory psychosocial and economic resources, and the struggle to attain psychosocial and economic resources in the host culture. Moreover, several cultural dimensions are outlined that can either resemble or mask personality pathology. The term “culturally masked personality disorder” is coined, to delineate clinical cases in which cultural factors are overused or misused to rationalize behavioral patterns that are consistently inflexible, distressing, or harmful to the individual and/or significant others, lead to significant impairment, and exceed the relevant cultural norms. Additionally, the role of historical trauma is addressed in the context of potential overdiagnosis of personality disorders in Indigenous persons, and the implications of misdiagnosis in migrants, ethnic minorities, and Indigenous populations are elaborated. Finally, clinical implications are discussed, outlining various diagnostic steps, including an assessment of temperament/character, developmental history, systemic/family dynamics, migration processes, cultural dimensions, and possible historical trauma. |
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spelling | pubmed-100747572023-04-06 The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the classification of personality disorders Najjarkakhaki, Ardalan Ghane, Samrad Transcult Psychiatry Articles Migrants and ethnic minorities are at risk of being under- and overdiagnosed with personality disorders (PDs). A culturally informed approach to the classification of PDs guides clinicians in incorporating migration processes and cultural factors, to arrive at a reliable and valid assessment of personality pathology. In this article, we provide a tentative framework to highlight specific interactions between personality disorders, migration processes, and cultural factors. It is argued that migration processes can merely resemble personality pathology, activate certain (latent) vulnerabilities, and aggravate pre-existing personality pathology. We propose that these migration processes can include manifestations of grief about the loss of pre-migratory psychosocial and economic resources, and the struggle to attain psychosocial and economic resources in the host culture. Moreover, several cultural dimensions are outlined that can either resemble or mask personality pathology. The term “culturally masked personality disorder” is coined, to delineate clinical cases in which cultural factors are overused or misused to rationalize behavioral patterns that are consistently inflexible, distressing, or harmful to the individual and/or significant others, lead to significant impairment, and exceed the relevant cultural norms. Additionally, the role of historical trauma is addressed in the context of potential overdiagnosis of personality disorders in Indigenous persons, and the implications of misdiagnosis in migrants, ethnic minorities, and Indigenous populations are elaborated. Finally, clinical implications are discussed, outlining various diagnostic steps, including an assessment of temperament/character, developmental history, systemic/family dynamics, migration processes, cultural dimensions, and possible historical trauma. SAGE Publications 2021-09-26 2023-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10074757/ /pubmed/34569380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13634615211036408 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Najjarkakhaki, Ardalan Ghane, Samrad The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the classification of personality disorders |
title | The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the
classification of personality disorders |
title_full | The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the
classification of personality disorders |
title_fullStr | The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the
classification of personality disorders |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the
classification of personality disorders |
title_short | The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the
classification of personality disorders |
title_sort | role of migration processes and cultural factors in the
classification of personality disorders |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34569380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13634615211036408 |
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