%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of Ethno-Cultural Beliefs On A Person With Mental Illness: A Case Report
%A N Rajbhandari
%A DR Shakya
%A N Sapkota
%A M Basnet
%J Journal of Psychiatrists' Association of Nepal
%P 45-47
%@ 2350-8949
%D 2014
%I PsychiatristsĄŻ Association of Nepal
%R 10.3126/jpan.v3i1.11353
%X Culture, though difficult to define, is a collection of beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, customs, habits and behaviour which influence cognitions and social development of a patient. Cultures determine how sickness and illness are defined and that will determine what the first port of call is. It also colors the psychopathology. We here describe a case of a 36 years woman who presented with psychosis which co-occurred with left temporal lobe lesion who had significant delay in receiving proper treatment because of the ethno-cultural beliefs. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpan.v3i1.11353 J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol .3, No.1, 2014: 45-47
%K Ethno-cultural Belief
%K mental illness
%K temporal lobe lesion
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPAN/article/view/11353