The term culture bound syndrome refers to psychopathological entities that are not mere variants of well recognized psychiatric disorder, have a geographically defined prevalence, and are largely determined, at least in their symptoms by the beliefs and assumptions prevalent in the native culture. Dha...
摘要: Describes culture-bound syndromes as the merge between psychology, psychiatry and anthropology. Case of a woman who suffered from ataque de nervios; How social interest and lifestyle may assist mental health professionals address culture-bound syndromes....
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Culture-bound syndrome is a term used to describe the uniqueness of some syndromes in specific cultures. Dhat (semen-loss anxiety) has been considered to be an exotic 'neurosis of the Orient'. To ascertain the presence of similar symptoms and syndromes in different cultures and historical settin...
The "culture-bound syndromes" are a heterogenous collection of folk terms, some of which describe true syndromes, whereas others represent culturally determined notions of disease causation or idioms of distress. The growing sophistication and cultural sensitivity of modern psychiatry has led to renewed...
Culture Bound Syndromesdoi:10.1007/bf00055003Raymond PrinceFran?oise Tcheng-Laroche
In Africa, a number of culture bound syndromes (CBS) have been described which have not been given international recognition. The possible consequences of this non-recognition are highlighted in this paper. Unfortunately there are serious constraints such as the relatively small number of psychiatrists...
The culture-bound syndromes, among which Koro is a classic example, are embedded in the DSM-IV and represent a diagnostic tool explicitly designed to account for cultural factors. Through a case report of a North American man with schizophrenia who describes what some would call Koro-like ...
Although the immigration of Southeast Asians more than doubled over the past 20 years, much misunderstanding still persists regarding traditional, culture-bound health practices used by Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian families. The res... RE Davis - 《Journal of the American Association of Nurse...
© 1981 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht About this chapter Cite this chapter Tan, ES. (1981). Culture-Bound Syndromes among Overseas Chinese. In: Kleinman, A., Lin, TY. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture. Culture, Illness, and Healing, vol 2. Springer, Dordre...