The Need for Cross-Cultural Research on the Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2394434
AutoresTamara C Daley (0000-0002-2985-3176, University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen39
Número4
Páginas531-550
Fecha de publicación2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461502039004521
OpenAlexW4241464411
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas32
Referencias citadas56

Research on the pervasive developmental disorders within a cultural context and in developing countries has received limited attention from both the fields of mental health and anthropology. Although autism holds considerable potential for expanding the field of transcultural psychiatry, the bulk of research has consisted of case studies and brief reviews, with few studies undertaking a serious discussion of cultural factors. The current article reviews the literature to date on autism within a cultural context and highlights both rationale and directions for future efforts in this area, drawing from research with 109 families of autistic children in urban India

Autism · Developmental disorder · Developmental psychology · Geography · Interdisciplinarity · Mental health · Pervasive developmental disorder · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child and Animal Learning Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology