In fact the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) with its enhanced coverage of cultural considerations, now includes a separate discussion of culture in relation to differences in symptom expression, risk, course, and prevalence when evidence is available – this means that a large amount of disorders include information regarding such findings (Regier et al., 2013). ... The DSM-5 includes many other cultural additions. Firstly, the appendix includes a "Glossary of Cultural Concepts of Distress", secondly is an updated chapter on cul...

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This was to eliminate the existing and apparent barriers that excluded minority cultures from participating in nation building. ... This suggests that the policy has failed to attract the interest of minorities into appreciating the need to integrate in the mainstream. ... The interaction only seems theoretical because the majority groups largely dominate even the distribution of minorities in national programs. The minority feels they have not been appreciated enough into the system whereas the majority view them as demanding too much than they are supposed to. ... This is because, the majo...

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If the majority of minority students are attending the same schools, have the same teachers, and are taking the same classes why is it that all students do not achieve basically the same educational level? ... Jawanza Kunjufu, president of African American Images, blames the gap between white and black students to five major areas: lower teacher expectations, poor parental support, low student self-esteem, and an irrelevant curriculum taught with an appropriate methodology for many African American students.5 The public schools for most minority students are places where they feel unwelcom...

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The fifth change is cultural which includes alteration of original linguistics, religious and education (Berry, 1992). ... The researchers Hurn and Kim (1990) described the high levels of stressful experiences reported by this cultural minority (Oh et. al., 2002). ... Immigrant minority group members may also seek contact with the wider community, which is achieved through the development of out-group behavior, such as the involvement with members of other ethnic groups, particularly with the dominant group or groups in the host society (Safdar et. al., (2003). ...

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These determinants include but are not limited to, the impact of colonization, early life, social exclusion, socio-economic factors and the lack of adequate access to culturally appropriate health care and lack of support. ... Many preventable risks factors for CVD include smoking, physical inactivity, poor nutrition, risky alcohol consumption, hypertension, overweight and obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease (Penm, 2008). ... Further examples of these statistics include the following: • Indigenous australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) were found to be 2.7 times mo...

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The definition of "national culture" includes the "high" points of Indonesia's regional cultures and in the process becomes "a hybrid mix of the best of existing cultures in the nation" (Hooker 1999:263; Sulistiyanto 2002). ... Thus, an inaccurate image of other regional cultures is being presented to outsiders (which include Indonesians who do not belong to a particular region), such that Indonesians themselves experience "culture shock" when they visit another region. ...

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These include: Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance, Masculinity-Femininity, Individualism-Collectivism, and Confucian Dynamism. ... An example is Canada, where the majority of English speaking Population and the minority French speaking population in Quebec has moderate cultural differences. ...

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The Government on the other hand is imposed with the responsibility of looking after Australia's interests and as this includes its cultural identity, it is the Governments role to ensure that identity is maintained. ...

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