Culture & Mental Health Delivery

1. Learned traditions and unconscious rules of engagement that people use to interpret experience and to generate social behaviour
2. A balance between the physical, mental, social, and spiritual aspects of life
3. The state of contentment and positive sense that one's existance is as it should be. It is connected with one's self-identity and relationships
4. a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior
5. Belief that illness is caused by actions of a supernatural being, such as gods, deities, or nonhuman beings, such as ghosts, ancestors, or spirits
7. The notion that one's own culturally learned ideas and values are central and correct for everyone
10. The ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use
11. Belief system predominantly used by physicians in diagnosing diseases

1. The application of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal attributes required by nurses to provide appropriate care and services in relation to cultural characteristics of their patients
6. The expectation that an individual will act in a characteristic manner that conforms to a perception, usually negative, of their cultural group
8. A complex, even mysterioous, concept related to one's connection to the sacred and to other beliefs and values that give meaning to one's life
9. The mark of a spoiled identity or disgrace