| Cultural Considerations in Mental-Health Assessments |
1. The Role of Culture in Assessments
a) As a strength
i) Sustaining relationships
ii) Forming and maintaining identity
iii) Identifying and preserving values
iv) Upholding mores
v) Sustaining Myth
vi) Supporting life tasks
2. Limiting factors
i) Acculturation problems
ii) Misleading assumptions
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