Four culture-bound psychiatric syndromes in India.
This paper describes four culture-bound psychiatric syndromes seen in India. It highlights their phenomenology and briefly comments upon the socio-cultural correlates of such symptom constellations.
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Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
D000328:Adult; D002188:Cannabis; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000523:psychology; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010944:Plants; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000523:psychology; D012661:Semen; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology