title: Culture-sensitive therapy and salutogenesis: treating Israeli Bedouin of the Negev.
abstract: The Salutogenesis theory and its essential component, the sense of coherence (SOC) is an epigenetic concept. The SOC was defined as a 'way of being in the world'. As such it is most important that one's SOC will be intact for healthy mental status. Collisions between western and non-western cultures might interfere in the process of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment. This review demonstrates the importance of a culture-sensitive approach and therapy and the usefulness of specific culture-sensitive services for certain non-western populations. We illustrate this approach by giving the example of the unique ways of treatment carried out among the Bedouin of the Negev region of Israel.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Soroka University Medical Centre, Beer-Sheva, Israel. bmaoz@zahav.net.il
authors.forename: Maoz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benyamin
authors.forename: Shalev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hadar
authors.forename: Shiber
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asher
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health / Q000592:standards; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards