ABSTRACT
Because the link between the culture, individuals, and the brain began to be investigated, it is known that many factors related to cultural variables may affect both the causes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its clinical manifestation (Marsella 2010). In the time of globalization and extensive migration, it is particularly important to understand that not only Western economy, politics, culture, and psychology, but also non-Western and intercultural approaches constitute grounds for trauma-related disorders and their therapy. At the same time, it is noteworthy that research in the eld of culture and educational neuroscience indicated that cross-cultural differences between human cognitive function may be explained in the light of brain plasticity caused by different sociocultural and educational patterns (Ansari 2012). Similarly, also the individual experience may affect brain changes (Cozolino 2002), inuencing a person’s ability to function in the environment and, thus, determining his or her vulnerability to trauma-related disorders. Taking into consideration the rapid development of neuroscience and the efforts to implement this knowledge in the eld of psychotherapy, it seems particularly important to understand the interdependence between cultural and psychological factors and the underlying brain mechanisms.
