Module 32: Identifying Socio-Cultural factors

Question 1

Stigma

Answer 1

a strong lack of respect for a person or a
group or a bad opinion of them because they have done something society does not approve off

Question 2

Ataque de Nervous

Answer 2

syndrome among individuals of Latino Descent, characterized by symptoms of
intense emotional upset, including acute anxiety, anger, or grief; screaming; attacks of crying; trembling; heat in the chest rising into the head; and becoming verbally and physically aggressive

Question 3

Dhat Syndrome

Answer 3

coined in South Asia (India) characterized by young male patients who attributed
their symptoms to semen loss

Question 4

Koro

Answer 4

acute anxiety and a deep-seated fear of
shrinkage of the penis and its ultimate retraction into the abdomen, which will cause death

Question 5

Khyal Cap

Answer 5

syndrome found among Cambodians characterized by panic attacks

Question 6

Kufungisisa

Answer 6

overthinking; idiom of distress and cultural explanation among the Shona of Zimbabwe

Question 7

Maladi Moun

Answer 7

Haiti; sent sickness; interpersonal
envy and malice cause people to harm their enemies by “sending illness”

Question 8

Nervios

Answer 8

among Latinos; general state of
vulnerability to stressful life experiences and to difficult life circumstances

Question 9

Shenjing Shuairuo

Answer 9

syndrome composed of weakness, emotions, excitement, nervous pain, and
sleep