Four culture-bound psychiatric syndromes in India

Int J Soc Psychiatry. 1988 Spring;34(1):70-4. doi: 10.1177/002076408803400109.

Abstract

This paper describes four culture-bound psychiatric syndromes seen in India. It highlights their phenomenology and briefly comments upon the socio-cultural correlates of such symptom constellations.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cannabis
  • Cultural Characteristics*
  • Culture*
  • Dissociative Disorders / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypochondriasis / psychology
  • India
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Plants
  • Psychoses, Substance-Induced / psychology
  • Semen
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology