Transcultural psychiatry Flashcards
1
Q
What is a culture bound syndrome?
A
Recurrent, locality specific patterns of aberrant behaviour and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM IV category
2
Q
What regions are prone to suffering Amok? Symptoms?
A
Malaysia, Phillipines, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico
Sullen period, outburst of anger, potentially homicidal, return to normal state
3
Q
What regions are prone to suffering Dhat? Symptoms?
A
India and SE Asia
Anxiety and hypochondrical about seminal discharge
4
Q
What group of people are prone to suffering Windigo? Symptoms?
A
Native americans
Craving to eat human flesh, depression, homicidal, suicidal thoughts
