[Symposium 36] Exploring clinical cases on dissociative spectrum disorders: a transcultural psychiatry perspective on family system and implications on cultural background

[SY-36-02] The black women: a clinical case of a young patient of Latin American descent presenting psychotic

*Ivano Caselli¹, Michele Mattia³, Camilla Callegari¹, Pietro Barbetta² (1.University of Insubria(Italy), 2.University of Bergamo (Italy), 3.Milanese Family Therapy Centre (CMTF), Swiss Office(Switzerland))

Keywords:

dissociation,transcultural psychiatry,family system,relational trauma

This presentation will focus on a clinical case involving a young female patient of Latin American origin diagnosed with persistent delusional disorder within learning disorder and borderline personality disorder who lives with her parents and younger sister. The family history is significant for psychiatric disorders, and the patient's complex clinical presentation includes dissociative symptoms with intricate perceptual disturbances (both visual and auditory). The pleomorphic symptomatology appears to be influenced by the family's cultural background and traumatic contextual events. The patient receives therapeutic-rehabilitative educational support and is under continuous psychological and psychiatric care, including pharmacological intervention. The author aims to highlight the role of the family system in promoting dissociative defenses through a transcultural psychiatric perspective.