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Cultural Bereavement
Cultural bereavement is the experience of grief over feeling bereaved of ones 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".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. See also * Cultural assimilation * Cultural genocide Cultural genocide or culturicide is a concept first described by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, in the same book that coined the term ''genocide''. The destruction o ...
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Grief
Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person to whom or animal to which a Human bonding, bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions. While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement refers to the state of loss, while grief is the reaction to that loss. The grief associated with death is familiar to most people, but individuals grieve in connection with a variety of losses throughout their lives, such as unemployment, Disease, ill health or the end of a Interpersonal relationship, relationship. Loss can be categorized as either physical or abstract; physical loss is related to something that the individual can touch or measure, such as losing a spouse through death, while other types of loss are more abstract, possibly relating to aspects of a person's so ...
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Culture
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). ''Primitive Culture''. Vol 1. New York: J. P. Putnam's Son Culture often originates from or is attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculturalism, monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional respo ...
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Cultural Identity
Cultural identity is a part of a person's identity (social science), identity, or their self-conception and self-perception, and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, Locality (settlement), locality, gender, or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture. In this way, cultural identity is both characteristic of the individual but also of the culturally identical group of members sharing the same cultural identity or upbringing. Cultural identity is an unfixed process that is continually evolving within the discourses of social, cultural, and historical experiences. Some people undergo more cultural identity changes as opposed to others, those who change less often have a clear cultural identity. This means that they have a dynamic yet stable integration of their culture. There are three pieces that make up a person's cultural identity: cultural knowledge, category label, and social connections. Cultural knowledge refers to a pers ...
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Human Migration
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.World Migration Report' Migration is often associated with better human capital at both individual and household level, and with better access to migration networks, facilitating a possible second move. It has a high potential to improve human development, and some studies confirm that migration is the most direct route out of poverty. Age is also important for both work and non-work migration. People may migrate as individuals, in family units or in Mass migration, large groups. There are four major forms of migration: invasion, conquest, colonization and emigration/immigration. People moving from their home due to force ...
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World Psychiatry
''World Psychiatry'' is a medical journal covering research in the area of psychiatry. It is the official publication of the World Psychiatric Association. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell and the editor-in-chief is Mario Maj. Abstracting and indexing According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 73.3. It is ranked no. 1 out of 155 journals in the category Psychiatry and no. 1 out of 144 journals in the Social Sciences Citation Index category. The journal is abstracted and indexed in PubMed, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Embase. In addition to the English edition, the journal is also available in Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns l ...
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Consequence Of Migration
Consequence may refer to: Philosophy, science and social sciences * Logical consequence, also known as a ''consequence relation'', or ''entailment'' * Consequent, in logic, the second half of a hypothetical proposition or consequences * Consequentialism, a theory in philosophy in which the morality of an act is determined by its effects * Unintended consequences * Consequence, in operant conditioning, a result of some behavior Film and television Films * '' Anjaam'' (English: ''Consequence''), a 1994 Hindi film * ''Consequence'', a 2003 film directed by Anthony Hickox * '' The Consequence'' (''Die Konsequenz''), a 1977 West German film * ''Consequences'' (1918 film), a British silent comedy film * ''Consequences'' (2018 film), a Slovenian drama film Television episodes * "Consequences" (''8 Simple Rules''), 2004 * "Consequences" (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), 1999 * "Consequences" (''CSI: NY''), 2006 * "Consequences" (''Most Beautiful Thing''), 2019 (the series is also kn ...
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Social Science & Medicine
''Social Science & Medicine'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research that is relevant to health. The disciplines covered by the journal include anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social policy, sociology, medicine, and health care practice, policy, and organization. The journal was established in 1967 and is published by Elsevier. History ''Social Science & Medicine'' () was published quarterly from 1967 to 1977 by Pergamon Press and was then split into: * ''Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology'' () * ''Social Science & Medicine. Part B: Medical Anthropology'' () * ''Social Science & Medicine. Part C: Medical Economics'' () * ''Social Science & Medicine. Part D: Medical Geography'' () * ''Social Science & Medicine. Part E: Medical Psychology'' () * ''Social Science & Medicine. Part F: Medical & Social Ethics'' () In 1982, Parts A-F were merged back into one journal. It was publ ...
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Cultural Assimilation
Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's Dominant culture, majority group or fully adopts the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group. The melting pot model is based on this concept. A related term is cultural integration, which describes the process of becoming economically and socially integrated into another society while retaining elements of one’s original culture. This approach is also known as cultural pluralism, and it forms the basis of a cultural mosaic model that upholds the preservation of cultural rights. Another closely related concept is acculturation, which occurs through cultural diffusion and involves changes in the cultural patterns of one or both groups, while still maintaining distinct characteristics. There are various types of cultural assimilation, including full assimilation and forced assimilation. Full assimilation is common, as it occurs spontaneously. Assimilation can also invol ...
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Cultural Genocide
Cultural genocide or culturicide is a concept first described by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, in the same book that coined the term ''genocide''. The destruction of culture was a central component in Lemkin's formulation of genocide. The precise definition of ''cultural genocide'' remains contested, and the United Nations does not include it in the definition of ''genocide'' used in the 1948 Genocide Convention. The Armenian Genocide Museum defines culturicide as "acts and measures undertaken to destroy nations' or ethnic groups' culture through spiritual, national, and cultural destruction", which appears to be essentially the same as ethnocide. Some ethnologists, such as Robert Jaulin, use the term '' ethnocide'' as a substitute for ''cultural genocide'', although this usage has been criticized as risking the confusion between ethnicity and culture. Cultural genocide and ethnocide have in the past been utilized in distinct contexts. Cultural genocide without et ...
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Reflections On Cultural Bereavement
Reflections may refer to: Books and magazines * ''Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims'', a series of books (1665–1678) by François de La Rochefoucauld * ''Reflections'' (Sufi literature), by Idries Shah * ''Reflections'', an alumni publication of Lubbock Christian University * ''Reflections'', a publication of Yale Divinity School * ''Reflections'', an academic journal on writing and public rhetoric published by New City Community Press * ''Reflections: The Arts and Sciences Forum'', a biannual publication of the University of New Haven from 1987-2015 Film and television Film * ''Reflections'' (1964 film) or ''Dry Summer'', a Turkish film directed by Metin Erksan * ''Reflections'' (1984 film), a British drama film directed by Kevin Billington * ''Reflections'' (1987 film), a Yugoslavian psychological horror film directed by Goran Marković * ''Reflections'' (2005 film), an Indian short silent film by Bejoy Nambiar Television * ''Reflections'' (TV series), a 196 ...
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Refugee Health
Refugee health is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have been displaced into another country or even to another part of the world, as a result of unsafe circumstances such as war or persecution. People who have been displaced can be affected by infectious diseases or some chronic diseases that are uncommon in the country in which they eventually settle. Mental health is an important consideration and can greatly impact people who are displaced. The health status of refugee's can be tied to factors such as the person who migrated's geographic origin, conditions of refugee camps or urban settings where they lived, and personal, physical, and psychological conditions of the person, either pre-existing or acquired while traveling from their homeland to a camp or eventually to their new home. Major health concerns In general, people who come from other countries to more wealthier or developed countries are less likely to use general health services b ...
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Hiraeth
() is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. The University of Wales, Lampeter, likens it to a homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, especially in the context of Wales and Welsh culture. It is a mixture of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness or an earnest desire for the Wales of the past. The Cornish and Breton equivalents are and . It is associated with the Amharic-Ethiopian concept of , the German concept of , the Galician-Portuguese or the Romanian . A similar Scottish Gaelic term, ''cianalas'', also refers to a type of longing or homesickness, often used in relation to the Outer Hebrides. Etymology Derived from 'long' and (a nominal suffix creating an abstract noun from an adjective), the word is literally equivalent to English 'longing'. A less likely, but possible, etymology is 'long' + 'pain, grief, sorrow, longing'. In the earliest citations in early Welsh poetry it implies 'grief or longing after the loss or ...
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