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1. The Continued Salience of Methodological Issues for Measuring Psychiatric Disorders in International Surveys

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Tausig, Mark, Subedi, Janardan, Broughton, Christopher, Pokimica, Jelena, Huang, Yinmei, and Santangelo, Susan L.

Abstract

We investigated the extent to which methodological concerns explicitly addressed by the designers of the World Mental Health Surveys persist in the results that were obtained using the WMH-CIDI instrument. We compared rates of endorsement of mental illness symptoms in the United States (very high) and Nepal (very low) as they were affected by respondent understanding of the survey, social desirability bias, interview social context and translation-related sources of misunderstanding. The results showed that, although levels of misunderstanding and social desirability were higher in Nepal than in the U.S., these potential methodological concerns had less effect on symptom endorsement in Nepal than in the U.S. In Nepal non-methodological factors related to the socio-cultural context probably had a more substantial impact on observed symptom rates than did the methodological factors. The larger issue is the effect that methodological factors have on the validity of reported rates of disorder.

Published
2011
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2. Social Networks and the Origins of Stigma in Nepal.

Author

Tausig, Mark, Subedi, Janardan, Subedi, Sree, and Santangelo, Susan

Subjects
SOCIAL networks, SOCIAL stigma, LABELING theory, STEREOTYPES
Abstract

In this paper we wish to explore the relationships between social networks and stigma. The objective is to construct an argument that accounts for the role of social networks in labeling certain behavior and persons as stigmatic. That is, we will propose that the origin of stigma (in at least some cases) stems from certain social network properties, positions in those networks and the potential impact that disordered individual behavior may have for the network. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007

3. Fundamental Causes in Illness and Health Behavior: A Comparison in the U.S. and Nepal.

Author

Tausig, Mark, Brown, J. Scott, Subedi, Janardan, Subedi, Sree, Santangelo, Susan, and Basnyat, Kelina

Subjects
HEALTH behavior, PSYCHOLOGICAL stress, MENTAL health
Abstract

Extensive research has examined the nature of stress and its relationship with social and health outcomes in industrialized nations. On the other hand, considerably less study has focused on the role of stress in the well-being of individuals living in developing nations, and almost no research has directly compared this relationship across developed and developing nations. In this study, we compare the relationship between stress from the death of a parent and two indicators of well-being, substance use and mental health, in the United States and Nepal. Additionally, differences between urban and rural contexts are emphasized. US data come from the third wave of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative survey of adolescents and young adults. Data from Nepal come from two sources, the Kathmandu Mental Health Survey and the Jiri Health Survey, which respectively represent urban and rural settings in this developing nation. Data from the US are consistent with most research in developed nations. Females have higher rates of depression whereas males have higher rates of substance use with stressors more strongly tied to these gendered outcomes. In Nepal, the relationship of gender and education on both being depressed and substance use is similar to that in the US. However, significant socioeconomic effects on substance use beyond education are noted in the US, whereas age plays a unique role across all outcomes in Nepal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011

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