International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 10

Culture-related syndromes: Perspectives from medical anthropology

  • Author:
  • Reetinder Kaur
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • Page Number: 176 to 188

Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Online published on 21 November, 2013.

Abstract

Culture-related syndromes are mental conditions or psychiatric syndromes whose occurrence or manifestation are closely related to cultural factors and thus, warrant understanding and management from a cultural perspective. The present paper provides a comprehensive list of various culture-related syndromes and also attempts to broadly classify them. The various socio-cultural factors that explain these syndromes are also discussed.

Keywords

Culture-related syndromes, culture, psychiatry, medical anthropology