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Descriptor English: Culture-Bound Syndromes
Descriptor Spanish: Síndromes de Filiación Cultural
Descriptor síndromes de filiación cultural
Entry term(s) enfermedades de filiación cultural
enfermedades específicas de la cultura
enfermedades específicas de una cultura
enfermedades ligadas a la cultura
enfermedades tradicionales
síndromes culturales
síndromes específicos de la cultura
síndromes específicos de una cultura
síndromes ligadas a la cultura
síndromes relacionadas a la cultura
trastornos culturales
trastornos específicos de la cultura
trastornos específicos de una cultura
Scope note: En medicina y antropología médica, un síndrome ligado a la cultura, un síndrome específico de una cultura, síndrome cultural o una enfermedad popular es una combinación de síntomas psiquiátricos y somáticos que se consideran una enfermedad reconocible solo dentro de una sociedad o cultura específica. No hay alteraciones bioquímicas o estructurales objetivas de los órganos o funciones del cuerpo, y la enfermedad no se reconoce en otras culturas. El término síndrome de filiación cultural se incluyó en la cuarta versión del Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) que también incluye una lista de las afecciones de filiación cultural más comunes (DSM-IV: Apéndice I). Las contrapartes en el marco de la CIE-10 (Capítulo V) son los trastornos específicos de una cultura definidos en el Anexo 2 de los Criterios de diagnóstico para la investigación. (De: Criterios diagnósticos para investigación, páginas 213-225 (OMS 1993). Disponible en: http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf)
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndromes Ligadas à Cultura
Descriptor French: Syndromes liés à la Culture
Entry term(s): Cultural Disorders
Cultural Syndromes
Culturally-Bound Diseases
Culturally-Bound Syndromes
Culturally-Linked Syndromes
Culturally-Related Syndromes
Culturally-Specific Disorders
Culture-Bound Diseases
Culture-Related Syndromes
Culture-Specific Diseases
Culture-Specific Disorders
Culture-Specific Syndromes
Traditional Diseases
Tree number(s): SP5.312.770.544
Scope note: In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. There are no objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions, and the disease is not recognized in other cultures. The term culture-bound syndrome was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) which also includes a list of the most common culture-bound conditions (DSM-IV: Appendix I). Counterpart within the framework of ICD-10 (Chapter V) are the culture-specific disorders defined in Annex 2 of the Diagnostic criteria for research. (From: Diagnostic criteria for research, p. 213–225 (WHO 1993). Available in: http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 57378
Unique ID: DDCS057378
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Culture-Bound Syndromes - Preferred
Concept UI FD00062076
Scope note In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. There are no objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions, and the disease is not recognized in other cultures. The term culture-bound syndrome was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) which also includes a list of the most common culture-bound conditions (DSM-IV: Appendix I). Counterpart within the framework of ICD-10 (Chapter V) are the culture-specific disorders defined in Annex 2 of the Diagnostic criteria for research. (From: Diagnostic criteria for research, p. 213–225 (WHO 1993). Available in: http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf)
Preferred term Culture-Bound Syndromes
Entry term(s) Cultural Disorders
Cultural Syndromes
Culturally-Bound Diseases
Culturally-Bound Syndromes
Culturally-Linked Syndromes
Culturally-Related Syndromes
Culturally-Specific Disorders
Culture-Bound Diseases
Culture-Related Syndromes
Culture-Specific Diseases
Culture-Specific Disorders
Culture-Specific Syndromes
Traditional Diseases



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