编辑视角:适应西方心理干预对儿童和青少年在LMICs:尼泊尔的经验教训
Adele Pacini1, Prithvi Shrestha2
1Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
概括
西方心理健康治疗对尼泊尔等集体主义文化的年轻人来说可能是无效或有害的. 利用当地资源的社区干预措施对年轻人的心理健康更有好处.
科学领域:
- 全球心理健康全球心理健康
- 文化精神病学是一种文化精神病学.
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
背景情况:
- 尼泊尔是一个低中等收入国家,具有集体主义文化,在年轻人中面临着严重的心理健康治疗差距.
- 全球普遍存在的心理健康战略涉及进口西方治疗方法,通常具有有限的文化适应.
- 这种方法引起了人们对成本效益和潜在危害的担忧,特别是当干预措施脱离社区环境时.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地评估为尼泊尔的年轻人进口西方心理健康干预措施的有效性和适当性.
- 探索具有文化敏感性和社区融合的替代方法.
- 倡导利用本土资源为青少年心理健康提供支持.
主要方法:
- 文献审查和对现有的全球心理健康方法的批判性分析.
- 考察在集体主义社会中影响心理健康治疗的文化因素.
- 为以社区为中心的心理健康干预制定概念框架.
主要成果:
- 进口的西方干预可能对尼泊尔青年来说不具有成本效益或文化一致性.
- 在年轻人的社区内提供干预措施比特定的治疗类型更为关键.
- 社区中现有的文化资源具有促进性发展的巨大潜力.
结论:
- 与以社区为基础的方法相比,文化适应的西方治疗可能不那么有效和潜在的有害.
- 优先考虑社区整合和利用当地文化资源对于尼泊尔有效的青年心理健康干预至关重要.
- 建议转向以文化为基础,以社区为基础的心理健康策略.
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