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— Jonathan Michel Metzl"Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race."
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I think that we're making a mistake if we don't see that there is a cultural basis to many illnesses, not just psychiatric ones. Breast cancer would be one prevalent example right now, different kind of cultures surrounding it. If you don't understand the cultural meaning of an illness like that you're going to miss the boat even if you're a great scientist.
— Jonathan Michel Metzl
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