Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2019

The 6-D Model of National Culture as a Tool to Examine Cultural Interpretation of Migration Trauma-Related Dissociative Disorder: A Case Series (Article)

Callegari C.* , Ielmini M. , Caselli I. , Mattia M. , Gasparini A. , Grossi A. , Ceccon F. , Poloni N.
  • a Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy
  • b Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy
  • c Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy
  • d Centre Family Psychotherapy CMTF, Lugano, Switzerland
  • e Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy
  • f Department of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
  • g Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy
  • h Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy

Abstract

Dissociative experiences are common in traumatized individuals who can use dissociation as a psychological escape from emotional and physical distress associated with overwhelming traumatic events. Traumatic experiences and the cultural interpretation of trauma-related symptoms often serve to explain the wide range of dissociative phenomenology; in fact, dissociation is a complex and ubiquitous construct present in a variety of mental disorders. The Six-Dimensions Model of National Culture has been used as a tool to compare patients’ different cultural background that could have accounted for the different clinical manifestations. This paper reports three clinical cases in which the focus of interest is represented by the dissociative alterations of consciousness, as a response to trauma, specifically related to migration, and their correlation with cultural environment. The study shows as Hofstede’s model has been used for the first time as a tool to explain how different cultural background could shape clinical manifestations. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Migration cultural psychiatry 6-D model of national culture Dissociation Consultation-liaison psychiatry trauma

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067261945&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-019-00904-7&partnerID=40&md5=38914e113afa85d0487ade68f636a4de
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-019-00904-7
ISSN: 15571912
Original Language: English