During this process some family members decided to ostracize themselves from …show more content…
The implicit and sometimes explicit message is that the illness is their families fault and now the leave the professional to undo the damage. This is important to understand because at times families don’t look into the individual as much as they should. By this happening it shows that the family is also at fault because they didn’t seek knowledge or try to find information about the illness.
Furthermore, the neighbors created social barriers for my brother because of the way he acted while growing up. The neighbors never felt comfortable knowing that my brother could disturb the peace at any given moment and by not having that understanding, on several occasions there would be a police officer coming to the house and asking questions. The neighbors are important because if they had a basic understanding then the conflicts that we get into with the police could be avoided. This type of social barrier makes it even more complicated to live because if you don’t have family support and the neighborhood isn’t willing to understand, it makes life much …show more content…
In addition, they use cultural treatment methods such as using special oil to put on the child’s body and let them “sleep it off”. After that, they go to church and try to follow the correct path to their god. After a plethora of remedies and failed attempts, they seek medical attention. However, by the time they decide to receive the attention, it could be too late because they wasted time doing other ineffective methods of intervening. The four step model is relevant for other Caribbean Americans because its something that is