Cultural Impact on SAD: Social Anxiety Disorder among Ethiopian and Former Soviet Union Immigrants to Israel, in Comparison to Native-born Israelis.

CONCLUSION: Immigration per se is not a universal risk factor of SAD and ethnological-cultural factors do contribute specifically to SAD. A possible psychological mediator between culture and the susceptibility to SAD are the interdependence and independent self-construals. When treating immigrants, clinicians and health care providers are advised to consider the effect of cultural influence on the mental well-being and integration process of immigrants in to their host country. PMID: 28492381 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci Source Type: research