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

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 explai...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2020-06, Vol.22 (3), p.588-596
Main Authors: Callegari, C., Ielmini, M., Caselli, I., Mattia, M., Gasparini, A., Grossi, A., Ceccon, F., Poloni, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Comparative Law
Consciousness
Correlation analysis
Cultural differences
Culture
Dissociation
Dissociative disorders
Dissociative Disorders - etiology
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Emigration and Immigration
Escape
Female
Humans
International & Foreign Law
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Migration
Models, Theoretical
Original Paper
Phenomenology
Physical symptoms
Private International Law
Psychological distress
Psychological trauma
Public Health
Signs and symptoms
Sociology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - complications
Trauma
Traumatic incidents
Traumatic life events
Young Adult
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-019-00904-7