Ethiopian Jews Meet Israeli Family Physicians

A Study of Cultural Somatization

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2397430
AutoresLisa Andermann (autor correspondente), Lisa Francesca Andermann
Ano1996
Volume33
Fascículo3
Páginas333-345
Data de publicação1996-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/136346159603300305
OpenAlexW2098046047
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas7

Cultural somatization can be defined as the use of the body as a metaphor for personal distress, and is a common feature of illness behaviour in both Western and non-Western societies. This study explores the prevalence of somatization among Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel, the relationship of these symptoms to their psychosocial environment, and approaches that Israeli doctors can pursue in order to better understand and communicate with somatizing patients. Lebi, a heart- centred symptom complex, and the illnesses of zar and kole, which are thought to be caused by spirits, are described in case studies as examples of traditional beliefs about illness which have persisted among Ethiopian Jews in Israel

Anxiety · Distress · Immigration · Judaism · Nationality · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Somatization · Clinical Psychology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology