Fahd Cheema, Gurvinder Kalra, Dinesh Bhugra.
Globalisation and mental health: context and controversies.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;7(2):55-60.

Recognition of mental disorders in cultural context and varying presentations across cultures is also important as cultural idioms through which emotional distress is communicated vary across cultures and will continue to change in the global village. With the increasing distress due to acculturation, increasing inequalities and changing identities, rates of common mental disorders are likely to increase; therefore we need to be prepared for such changes and impact of globalisation on mental health. Recognition and awareness of impact of globalisation could help us devise mental health policies before globalisation could lead things getting out of hand. In the decades ahead, we must prepare ourselves to learn, unlearn, and relearn constantly; to expect and accept changing institutions, relationships and ground rules; and to adapt and readapt at an ever increasing tempo

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