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Culture and treatment

As you learned in the diagnosis part of this unit, culture can play a key role in the manifestation of symptoms. It is important that psychologists consider an emic approach to diagnosis, rather than simply applying their own cultural standards for diagnosis. It then follows that if this is important in diagnosis, culture must also play a significant role in the success of therapy. Cultural beliefs in a society influence...

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