DSM-IV List of Culture-bound Syndromes
The fourth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classifies the below syndromes as culture-bound syndromes:
Name | Geographical localization/populations |
---|---|
Fan death | South Korea, North Korea |
Running amok | Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore |
ataque de nervios | Latinos |
bilis, cólera | Latinos |
bouffée délirante | West Africa and Haiti |
brain fag | West African students |
dhat syndrome | India |
falling-out, blacking out | Southern United States and Caribbean |
ghost sickness | American Indian |
Hwabyeong | Korean |
koro | Chinese and Malaysian populations in southeast Asia; Assam; occasionally in West |
latah | Malaysia and Indonesia |
locura | Latinos in the United States and Latin America |
evil eye | Mediterranean; Hispanic populations |
nervios | Latinos in the United States and Latin America |
Piblokto | Arctic and subarctic Eskimo populations |
Qigong psychotic reaction | Chinese |
rootwork | African American and White populations in southern United States; Caribbean |
sangue dormido | Portuguese populations in Cape Verde |
shenjing shuairuo | Chinese |
shenkui | Chinese |
shinbyeong | Korean |
spell | African American and White populations in the southern United States |
susto | Latinos in the United States; Mexico, Central America and South America |
taijin kyofusho | Japanese |
zār | Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, and other North African and Middle Eastern societies |
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