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In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture.
[2] [3] [4] The term refers to a culture-bound syndrome, found mostly in Latin America and Latin Americans in the United States. [5] [6] [3] [7] Also referred to as ataques de locura (meaning "madness attacks"), [6] it is categorized as a more severe form of nervios [7] ataque de nervios [6] [3] with symptoms appearing similar to those of ...
Ukuthwasa is a culture-bound syndrome. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The symptoms and experiences associated with ukuthwasa are seen as signs of spiritual connection and readiness. After study, it was discovered that this term is directed toward people with varying types of psychosis , schizophrenia , or a psychotic depression .
Shenkui or shen-k'uei is one of several Chinese culture-bound syndromes locally ascribed to getting stuck in yang and the needing of yin to rebalance yang (Chinese: 陽). Semen is believed to be lost through sexual activity or masturbation, nocturnal emissions, "white urine" which is believed to contain semen, or other mechanisms. Symptoms ...
Ghost sickness is a culture-bound syndrome among some indigenous peoples in North America and Polynesian peoples in which people are preoccupied with the deceased or consumed by pathological grief. Reported symptoms can include general weakness, loss of appetite, suffocation feelings, recurring nightmares, and a
1 Signs and symptoms. 2 See also. ... Ufufunyane (also ufufuyane) is a culture-bound syndrome, also described in the culture as a curse and a demonic possession. [1]
[2] and that applying the term ‘culturally bound’ to them hampers science's ability to explore them on the same level as other psychological problems. [3] Outbreaks of these symptoms are sporadic and epidemic." [2] Some culturally bound syndromes, in addition to grisi siknis, include: Amok: Among Malay, Indonesian or Pacific Islander males [2]
The wild man syndrome, also known as wild pig syndrome, is a culture-bound syndrome that affects the mental health of New Guinean males in which they become hyperactive, clumsy, kleptomaniacal, and “conveniently amnesic." [1] It is known in various languages of New Guinea as guria, longlong, or lulu.