Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Latah was included in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV under the "Dissociative Disorder: Not Otherwise Specified" section as a culture-bound syndrome. DSM IV describes latah as a hypersensitivity to sudden fright, often with echopraxia , echolalia , command obedience , and dissociative or trancelike behavior.
This culture-bound syndrome is a social phobia based on fear and anxiety. [ citation needed ] The symptoms of this disorder include avoiding social outings and activities, rapid heartbeat , shortness of breath , panic attacks , trembling , and feelings of dread and panic when around people.
A cultural concept of distress, [1] which is the DSM-5's updated version of culture-bound syndrome. Ataque de nervios is primarily reported in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is described as a constricted consciousness as a psychological response to anxiety and specific stressors.
One theory (Kristina Palacio) [6] [7] explains usog in terms of child distress that leads to greater susceptibility to illness and diseases. There are observations that a stranger (or a newcomer or even a visiting relative) especially someone with a strong personality (physically big, boisterous, has strong smell, domineering, etc.) may easily distress a child.
In a 130-page report on the condition, commissioned by the government and published in 2006, a team of psychologists, political scientists and sociologists hypothesized that it was a culture-bound syndrome, a psychological illness endemic to a specific society. [50]
Child care, too, can be a major expense — if you can even find child care. According to a large-scale survey for BabyCenter , 40% of families looking for daycare have been placed on a waitlist ...
Locura, which translates to "insanity" in Spanish, [1] [2] is a mental disorder characterized as severe chronic psychosis. [2] [3] [4] The term refers to a culture-bound syndrome, found mostly in Latin America and Latin Americans in the United States.