.4 What are at least two cultural limitations associated with assessment and treatment? In your
response, discuss the use or misuse of assessment instruments, therapy techniques,
research results, or any other facet of
...
.4 What are at least two cultural limitations associated with assessment and treatment? In your
response, discuss the use or misuse of assessment instruments, therapy techniques,
research results, or any other facet of clinical practice that could have potentially harmful,
culture-specific implications.
Two cultural limitations associated with assessments and treatments are a psychologist that
provides treatment or counseling without taking into account or consideration that patient’s
culture is not suitable given the situation ("Guidelines For Providers Of Psychological
Services To Ethnic, Linguistic, And Culturally Diverse Populations", 2015). Assessment tools
that are specific to one culture or ethnic group but used by a psychologist universally is
unethical and the results of that assessment tool would be invalid. The DSM-IV TR has an
outline for “Cultural Formulation” when the psychologist is assessing and or diagnosing their
clients/patients. Without a sociocultural framework treatments and therapies are biased and
culturally insensitive to the client. Which in turn causes misunderstanding of issues and
ultimately harm to the client. Culture involves an emotionally significant part in the evolution of
health and human services conveyance programs and agendas. The “Cultural Formulation”
provides a narrative synopsis for the following five divisions of culture:
1. Cultural identity of the client.
2. Cultural explanations of the client’s illness.
3. Cultural elements akin to the psychosocial surroundings and degrees of functioning.
4. Cultural factors of the association between the client and the clinician.
5. Overall cultural assessment for diagnosis and care.
If the clinician is culturally insensitive to their client then misinterpretation of issues is going to
occur. The clinician may even fall into a pattern of falsehoods that stem from their own culture
therefore denying the client the capability and right to produce natural strength from one’s
own culture (Beach et al., 2005)
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