Question

How should cultural and sub-cultural variation be taken into account when assessing psychotic symptoms?

Answer 1

Cultural values of a given group may call for stereotyping of patients based on their association or appearance, which may lead to wrong diagnosis. Therefore, stereotyped information based on cultural and sub-cultural values such as income, health status, and age, should not be used to access psychotic conditions since diversity in a population is different from diversity between populations.