Assessing_Cultural_Groups

Assessing Cultural Groups Assessing the psychological status of individuals who make up different ethnical and cultural groups can be a tedious and difficult task for therapists. Further research has to be conducted in order to assess these groups accurately. When evaluating members of ethnic minorities and cultural groups many conflicting issues submerge. These conflicting issues result from societies having different cultural practices. If a therapist has not been exposed to, and has not identified himself or herself to the patient’s cultural background, then he or she cannot deter whether or not their behavior results from cultural practices or from a mental illness. Some of the many aspects that differentiates cultural groups are: Ideal height and weight; type and meaning of fashion; religious practices; social status; and cultural interaction. Another issue that therapist face is cultural bias. Some therapists assess the status of individuals from different cultures using bias tests and procedures. Bias evaluations can cultural, different, groups, therapist, status, therapists, practices, members, clients, bias, background, ethnical, assess, shown, overcome, issues, individuals, evaluations, evaluating, cultures, conflicting, assessment, assessing, aspects, accurately, whether, weight, way, using, understands, type, towards, tests, tedious, task