Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers cultural concepts of distress.
The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:
Define cultural concepts of distress and describe how they are framed in DSM-5
Differentiate cultural concepts of distress from psychiatric diagnoses
Appreciate the varied clinical takeaways from cultural concepts of distress
Hosts: Sara Abrahamson (MS3), Grant Yao (MS4), Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
Audio editing: Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
References:
1. Lewis-Fernández, R., & Kirmayer, L. J. (2019). Cultural concepts of distress and psychiatric disorders: Understanding symptom experience and expression in context. Transcultural Psychiatry, 56(4), 786-803.
2. Patel, R., Ashraf, A., Myers, N., & Bhatt, N. (2025). Cultural Concepts of Distress: A Dive into Presentation and Avenues for Management. Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, 22(7-9), 14.
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