title: Koro social response (urban) : a longitudinal study of north bengal koro epidemic.
abstract: Social responses to Koro illness was studied from an urban population (n = 118) of Darjeeling district of West Bengal State, during and after the North Bengal Koro epidemic. The prevalent social cognition of Koro as a positive illness paradigm, both among the Koro-affected and non-affected families, was the important social dynamics that helped the epidemic to spread as the illness in the region. The cognition-intensity related to the Koro vulnerability has diminished gradually with the passing of time, which was well corroborated with the gradually weaning incidence curve of Koro illness in the region.
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research, Calcutta.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Chowdhury