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to carefully and individually consider somatic and psychological
symptoms in depressed patients regardless of assumened
tendencies to ‘somatize’. Generalizing assumptions about people
from certain cultural backgrounds like the tendency to ‘somatize’
emotional distress because of fear of being stigmatized, can lead
to misunderstandings, misdiagnosis, and fi nally - again- stigmatization.
Also, these dynamics may lead to poor treatment and
lack of acceptance of the treatment interventions. Ultimately,
individual treatment of the person seeking help regardless of
the cultural background and assumptions about culture- specifi c
characteristics is an eminent part of professional attitudes
towards all patients.
Acknowledgements
The study was funded by the German Federal Ministry of
Education Research (BMBF 01 EL0807).
Confl ict of interest statement
None.
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