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[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

The medical field is largely based on Western culture. Especially mental health diagnoses are pretty arbitrary.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is pretty much what I was wondering. How many of these classifications (such as autism) cross cultural/linguistic boundaries?

Obviously nitpicking one identifying characteristic (object personification) isn't really valid to dismiss the diagnoses entirely. Perhaps it's a valid diagnostic and Japanese culture is just more accepting of certain autistic personality traits, where American culture would suppress them. Identification of weird/unusual/possibly unhealthy behavior can be hard to separate from cultural norms.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I don’t have any specific examples off hand but HealthyGamer on YT is a psychiatrist with both a western medical degree and traditional training in India. He often compares the two, where they align, etc.

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