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unsatisfactory. There is, however, little published data on adherence in the South African
context. In this pilot study we explore the possible benefits of a consumer psychoeducation
program. Drop-out rates during SSRI treatment in South Africa appear to be unacceptably
high, whether or not patients receive concomitant benzodiazepines. Psychoeducational
programs may prove valuable in increasing adherence to treatment regimes.
1452. Stewart, R. C. et al. MATERNAL COMMON MENTAL DISORDER AND
INFANT GROWTH—A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM MALAWI. Maternal and
Child Nutrition. 2008, 4(3):209-219.
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal common
mental disorder (CMD) and infant growth in rural Malawi. A cross-sectional study was
conducted at a district hospital child health clinic. Participants were consecutive infants due
for measles vaccination, and their mothers. Mean infant weight-for-age and length-for-age
z-scores were compared between infants of mothers with and without CMD as measured
using the self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ). The study demonstrates an association
between maternal CMD and infant growth impairment in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
1453. Tracy, J. L., and R. W. Robins. THE NONVERBAL EXPRESSION OF PRIDE:
EVIDENCE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL RECOGNITION. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology. 2008, 94(3):516-530.
The present research tests whether recognition for the nonverbal expression of pride
generalizes across cultures. Study 1 provided the first evidence for cross-cultural recognition
of pride, demonstrating that the expression generalizes across Italy and the United
States. Study 2 found that the pride expression generalizes beyond Western cultures;
individuals from a preliterate, highly isolated tribe in Burkina Faso, West Africa, reliably
recognized pride, regardless of whether it was displayed by African or American targets.
These Burkinabe participants were unlikely to have learned the pride expression through
cross-cultural transmission, so their recognition suggests that pride may be a human
universal. Studies 3 and 4 used drawn figures to systematically manipulate the ethnicity and
gender of targets showing the expression, and demonstrated that pride recognition
generalizes across male and female targets of African, Asian, and Caucasian descent.
1454. Tranulis, C., E. Corin, and L. J. Kirmayer. INSIGHT AND PSYCHOSIS: COM-
PARING THE PERSPECTIVES OF PATIENT, ENTOURAGE AND CLINICIAN. The
International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2008, 54(3):225-241.
The construct of insight in psychosis assumes congruence between patient and clinician
views of the meaning of symptoms and experience. <strong>Current</strong> definitions and measures of
insight do not give systematic attention to the impact of interpersonal, cultural and
socio-economic contexts. We hypothesized that socio-cultural factors influence insight in
patients with schizophrenia. Qualitative analysis of the illness narratives suggested that
insight was based on the meanings constructed around psychotic experiences and that
the process of interpreting and attributing psychotic experiences reflected each person’s
cultural background, life experiences, and other social determinants, especially stigma.
Forms of insight can occur in the context of discordance or disagreement with the clinician’s
opinion.