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Page 14. How Social & Cultural Factors Relate. to Health & Illness. â¢ Social scientists designate a difference between disease. and illness: ïIllness is the personal, social, & cultural influences on. the experience of impairment, pathology, & disease. ïDisease is the physiological process of pathology.
Although each individualâs experience with mental illness is unique, the following studies offer a sample of cultural perspectives on mental illness. A review of ethnocultural beliefs and mental illness stigma by Abdullah et al. (2011) highlights the wide range of cultural beliefs surrounding mental health. For instance, while some American Indian tribes do not stigmatize mental illness, others stigmatize only some mental illnesses, and other tribes stigmatize all mental illnesses.