Cultural syndromes

Question 1

Amok

Answer 1

Malaysian cultural syndrome, sudden rampage which can include homicide and or suicide and ends in exhaustion and amnesia

Question 2

koro

Answer 2

delusion that occurs in Asian males that penis will disappear into the abdomen and cause death

Question 3

Piblokto

Answer 3

occurs in female eskimos of northern greenland
- involves anxiety, depression, confusion, depersonalization, and derealization and ends in a stuporous sleep and amnesia

Question 4

Wihtigo

Answer 4

• delusional fear by native americans of being turned into a cannibal through possession by a supernatural monster the wihtigo

Question 5

Mal de ojo

Answer 5

syndrome found in those in the mediterranean descent involving vomiting fever, and restless sleep. thought to be cause by the evil eye

Question 6

shubo kyofu

Answer 6

excessive fear of having a bodily deformity

Question 7

ataque de nervios

Answer 7

culture bound anxiety syndrome associated w/ those from latin america
-headache, insomnia, anorexia, fear, anger, despair, diarrhea