| Descriptor English: | Culture-Bound Syndromes | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Síndromes de Filiación Cultural
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| 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 |
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| Tree number(s): |
SP5.312.770.544 |
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| 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. 213225 (WHO 1993). Available in: http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| History Note: | 2018 |
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| DeCS ID: | 57378 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | DDCS057378 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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Culture-Bound Syndromes
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| 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. 213225 (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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