title: Culturally interpreted symptoms or culture-bound syndromes: a cross-cultural review of nerves.
abstract: This paper explores a new approach to culture-specific mental disorders through cross-cultural examination of nerves. A number of case studies are presented from contrasting cultures. It is proposed that nerves be considered a culturally interpreted symptom rather than being culture-bound.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001519:Behavior; D003364:Costa Rica; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D013577:Syndrome