Culture and Mental Health Interview

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Part 2. Culture and Mental Health Interview
Interview two people, one from a culture that you are a part of and another person from a culture that
you to which you do not belong. Use the question set below to conduct your interview. Submit your
detailed notes on your interviewees’ responses to each question.
1) What are some of your culture(s) important values and beliefs about mental health?
• How do people from you culture(s) decide what it means to have a mental health
condition or illness?
• How do people from you culture(s) address (deal with) individuals with mental health
conditions or illnesses?
2) What are some of your culture(s) important values and beliefs about seeking treatment or
getting help for a mental health condition or illness?
• When is it ok to share the experience of mental health conditions or illnesses? When
is it not ok?
3) What are some of your culture(s) important values and beliefs about mental health providers
or mental health services?
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• When do people from your culture seek treatment for mental health conditions or
illnesses? From whom or what do they go to when they seek treatment for mental
health conditions or illnesses?
Part 3. Results and Conclusion. Interview Data Summary [2-3 pages].
Write a brief comparison of your interviewees’ perspectives and a brief reflection on how your
experience compares to your interviewees’ experience. Contextualize your comparison and your
reflection in the frame of your literature review.
Use the following questions to guide your reflection:
• How does culture influence what it means to have a mental illness? How does it influence
the situations and circumstances where people communicate with each other about
mental health and illness?
• How does culture influence experience and perceptions of mental health services
• What is the role of culture in our decisions about how to address mental health and what
we expect to happen when those decisions are made?
Submit
– ONE MS WORD FORMAT DOCUMENT INCLUDING PART 1,2 & 3 OF THE ASSIGNMENT
– Literature Review
– Interview notes
– Comparison of your perspective with interviewee’s
– Reflection

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NOTATION
Use APA- formatted in-text from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
While this notation is imprecise, it is the standard for social-disciplines
FORMAT
– Blackboard Upload – 12-point Times NewRoman
or Calibri
– double-spaced
– 1” margins on all sides – page numbers – MS Word
Format only

QUOTATIONS
Use quotations sparingly. Introduce all quotations. Discuss all quotations. Cite all quotations. Do not quote
facts. Do not quote material thatyou can easily paraphrase.
COMMON ERRORS & PROOFREADING
Proofread your essay byreading it aloud and be sure to run spell-check. Essays with more than 10 typos,
misspelled words, or grammatical error will be penalized 5 points. Also, watch out for the following common
problems:
– Passive voice. Eliminate all use of passive voice and, where possible, use of the verb to be.
Active verbs and specific subjects make for clearer thinking and writing.
– Wordiness. Use as few words as possible to state your ideas. Asyou edit, tryrewriting sentences in
a more compact way, and eliminate unessential words.
– Use of “this” as a pronoun. Do not use “this” to refer to a person, thing, or idea from a previous
sentence. If you must, qualify the word to specify “this idea” etc.