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The Development of a Culturally Sensitive Symptom Checklist for Depression in Dubai

Sultana O. Y. Sulaiman

Dinesh Bhugra

Padmal de Silva

King’s College, London

Culturally appropriate terms are more likely to enable clinicians to identify psychiatric conditions and psychological distress. Although Arabic translations of depression inventories exist, their sensitivity in Arabicspeaking communities may be limited. We set out to identify terms and phrases that the native people in Dubai use to express depression. Two hundred community members (100 male and 100 female) were asked to provide a list of expressions describing emotions. Scrutiny of this by another sample led to a list of expressions specifically used for the feelings of depression. An expert panel then helped to identify from this a set of expressions clinically used for depression, and to construct a symptom checklist relevant to the culture. This article describes the development of the checklist, and comments on the relevant issues.

Key Words: Arabic • culture • depression • Dubai • symptom checklist

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 38, No. 2, 219-229 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/136346150103800205
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