Nz and Maori perspectives

Nz and Maori perspectives

1. Cultural competence

   • Awareness, knowledge, skill - perform psych tasks
   • Awareness, knowledge, skill

2. DSM-5

   • Cultural identity
   • explanation of illness
   • factors relevant to psychosocial environment
   • cultural elements between individual and clinician

3. Cultural definition of problem

   • perceptions of cause, context, and support
     • Stressors and supports
       • Role of cultural identity
         • self coping / past help
           • Barriers preferences

4. ADDRESSING FRAMEWORK

   • age / generation
     • disabilities
       • religion
         • socioeconomic status
           • sexual orientation
             • indiginous heritage
               • national origin
                 • Gender

5. HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY DISPARITIES

   • Impact of colonisation (dispossession, loss of land / power, loss of language)
     • Healthcare
       • Misdiagnosis / ineffective treatment
         • Ineffective community care

6. Relational therapy

   • spiritual, mental, physical, social
     • Insecure identity
     • unsatisfactory relationships