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