De Martino's concept of critical ethnocentrism and its relevance to transcultural psychiatry

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ID2394930
AutoresGiovanni Stanghellini (0000-0001-5164-7013, “G. D'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara and Universidad “Diego Portales”, autor correspondente), Raffaella Ciglia (“G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara)
Ano2013
Volume50
Fascículo1
Páginas6-20
Data de publicação2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461513475928
PMID23411691
OpenAlexW2142680423
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas27

Ethnography and hermeneutics help us think of the clinical encounter as a meeting of cultures. In this paper, we examine Ernesto De Martino's concept of critical ethnocentrism and its relevance for psychiatry, arguing for the necessity of a cultural self-assessment on the part of the clinician as a means of optimizing analyses of the patient's culture. Conceptualizing the clinician as an "ethnologist," we argue that clinicians should be able to describe and acknowledge patients' cultural backgrounds, while remaining aware of their own culturally rooted prejudices. Focusing on the case of persons affected by schizophrenia, we suggest that De Martino's work invites an openness to hermeneutic dialogue that aims for the coconstruction of shared narratives by clinician and patient

Ethnocentrism · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Anthropology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neurology and Historical Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology