The importance of cultural factors in a brief reactive psychosis.
This paper reviews the case of a time-limited or brief reactive psychosis in a Thai immigrant. Although the patient claimed to have left behind his Thai culture, his previous Buddhist background proved extremely stressful when confronted with a family mortuary ritual. The importance of understanding and working with a patient's previous cultural and religious beliefs is discussed.
D000069:Acculturation; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States