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Imagine That You Are a Psychologist Working in Private Practice

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Imagine that you are a psychologist working in private practice in the United States. You have a new client from a non-Western culture who claims that her psychological problems are caused by evil spiritual forces emitted from her mother-in-law. Would you consider this client delusional?


A) No, because delusions are a typical Western set of symptoms practically unknown globally.
B) No, because you have to check her mother-in-law to see if she really possesses such evil forces.
C) Yes, but only if this person is relatively educated and culturally integrated in the United States.
D) Yes, because it is better diagnose her with something quickly before it is too late.
E) No, because the diagnosis must be given only by a witch doctor and you are not one of them.

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