Un recorrido transcultural sobre la ansiedad. = A Transcultural trajectory about anxiety.
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- A.01 J82j Raa
- ABSTRACT The classification of mental disorders and its relation to cultural contexts are an actual subject of debate in social and health sciences. Anxiety and its disorders are one of the most common subjects in psychological and psychiatric works. Nevertheless, the ambiguity and confusions involved in its theoretical definitions, and the considerations about its variations across cultures prescribed by the transcultural psychiatry perspectives, highlight the necessity of understanding its local conceptualizations. The purpose of this work is to analyze the complexity of this phenomenon, emphasizing on the cross and transcultural studies on anxiety.
RESUMEN
La clasificación de las enfermedades y su relación con el contexto cultural han abierto un amplio debate en las ciencias sociales y de la salud. La ansiedad y sus trastornos, dadas las ambigüedades y confusiones respecto de la definición de este constructo, así como también los aportes de la psicología y psiquiatría transcultural
respecto de sus variaciones en distintos contextos, abren el campo hacia la necesidad de nuevos abordajes en este tema, resaltando la necesidad de entender cómo se conceptualiza en cada medio local. En este trabajo intentaremos esbozar la complejidad con que se plantea el fenómeno, enfatizando en los estudios cross y transculturales que se realizan en la actualidad sobre la ansiedad y sus trastornos.
ABSTRACT
The classification of mental disorders and its relation to cultural contexts are an actual subject of debate in social and health sciences. Anxiety and its disorders are one of the most common subjects in psychological and psychiatric works. Nevertheless, the ambiguity and confusions involved in its theoretical definitions, and the considerations about its variations across cultures prescribed by the transcultural psychiatry perspectives, highlight the necessity of understanding its local conceptualizations. The purpose of this work is to analyze the complexity of this phenomenon, emphasizing on the cross and transcultural studies on anxiety.