Title
Perspectives of family members participating in cultural assessment of psychiatric disorders: Findings from the DSM-5 International Field Trial
Abbreviated Journal Title
Int. Rev. Psych.
Keywords
FORMULATION; Psychiatry
Abstract
Despite the important roles families play in the lives of many individuals with mental illness across cultures, there is a dearth of data worldwide on how family members perceive the process of cultural assessment as well as to how to best include them. This study addresses this gap in our knowledge through analysis of data collected across six countries as part of a DSM-5 Field Trial of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI). At clinician discretion, individuals who accompanied patients to the clinic visit (i.e. patient companions) at the time the CFI was conducted were invited to participate in the cultural assessment and answer questions about their experience. The specific aims of this paper are (1) to describe patterns of participation of patient companions in the CFI across the six countries, and (2) to examine the comparative feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility of the CFI from companion perspectives through analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. Among the 321 patient interviews, only 86 (at four of 12 sites) included companions, all of whom were family members or other relatives. The utility, feasibility and acceptability of the CFI were rated favourably by relatives, supported by qualitative analyses of debriefing interviews. Cross-site differences in frequency of accompaniment merit further study.
Journal Title
International Review of Psychiatry
Volume
27
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
3
Last Page
10
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0954-0261
Recommended Citation
"Perspectives of family members participating in cultural assessment of psychiatric disorders: Findings from the DSM-5 International Field Trial" (2015). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6572.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6572
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