"Culture-bound syndrome" by Thanya Lunchaprasith, Teeravut Wiwattarangkul et al.

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Authors

Thanya Lunchaprasith
Teeravut Wiwattarangkul
Sorawit Wainipitapong

Abstract

Many mental disorders are expressed in different characteristics, as a result of cultural factors. These conditions, known as culture-bound syndrome, have been studied in the field of psychiatry and social anthropology. Some mental abnormalities are treated as distinctive psychiatric disorders; many others were not yet clinically recognized. Therefore, patients with the conditions should be evaluated and treated in both psychiatric and cultural practices. It should be noted that, cultural specific mental disorders gradually fade in the age of globalization.

Publisher

Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

DOI

10.14456/clmj.2021.46

First Page

349

Last Page

357

Recommended Citation

Lunchaprasith, Thanya; Wiwattarangkul, Teeravut; and Wainipitapong, Sorawit (2021) "Culture-bound syndrome," Chulalongkorn Medical Journal: Vol. 65: Iss. 3, Article 13.
DOI: 10.14456/clmj.2021.46
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/clmjournal/vol65/iss3/13

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