Idioms of Distress

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22367123
AutoresM Nichter (0000-0002-4112-3010, University of Arizona, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Páginas1-9
Data de publicação2018-09-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoOTHER
PeriódicoThe International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2018
OpenAlexW2923869080
ISBN9781118924396
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas19

The term “idioms of distress,” as used in medical anthropology, directs attention to socially and culturally mediated ways of experiencing and expressing distress. In any given culture, a variety of ways exist to communicate distress. These range from forms of behavior such as shifts in food consumption to somatic complaints that have cultural significance, health care seeking and medicine taking, and spirit possession and fear of sorcery. Idioms of distress are culturally constituted in the sense that they initiate particular types of interaction associated with culturally pervasive norms, values, and health concerns. The study of idioms of distress demands consideration of the semantic meaning of “cultural syndromes” and their distribution among different strata of a population, the pragmatics and micropolitics of articulating and responding to distress in particular ways, and the impact of feedback on the experience of distress. Idioms of distress are dynamic and subject to contingencies

Developmental psychology · Distress · Linguistics · Population · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology