Cultural position and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder

Title: Cultural position and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder
Creator: Dorfling, Inge-Louise
Subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/46371
Identifier: vital:39564
Description: Trauma exposure and PTSD are widespread health concerns in South Africa. This country is also extremely culturally diverse. The effects of cultural position on PTSD development are unknown. The objective was to explore these possibilities in detail. Individuals eighteen years or older with a stable pre-existing PTSD diagnosis participated in semi-structured voice recorded interviews. Both participants displayed clear conscious changes in cultural position following trauma exposure, some of which are believed to be due to a failure of support and acknowledgement from their collective. This would have contributed to PTSD development. Main themes identified were reactions of others and a paradigm shift. Further, more detailed research is required in this field.
Format: x, 173 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela University
Publisher: Faculty of Health Sciences
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela University

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